The introduction of EMR is slow because of cost, lack of a common industry-wide standard and other issues.
Last week, the AMA launched the iHealthRecord website which lets patients save their medical history online for free. The physicians are charged $ 25 per month to access their patients' information.
(Via Wash Post)
Update 3/22/2007:
EHRs Fix Everything - and Nine Other Myths. Family Practice Management, 2007.
More resources:
Doctors Slowly Going Digital With Records - Wash Post 05/05
EMR, the new threat to your medical privacy. ConsumerReports.org
How Doctors Can Use Evernote As A Professional Memory Accessible Anywhere, Part 2: Using Evernote as an Electronic Health Record (EHR). EfficientMD, 08/2008.
Debate: Do Electronic Health Records Help or Hinder Medical Education? PLoS Medicine: http://is.gd/z9or
Last week, the AMA launched the iHealthRecord website which lets patients save their medical history online for free. The physicians are charged $ 25 per month to access their patients' information.
(Via Wash Post)
Update 3/22/2007:
EHRs Fix Everything - and Nine Other Myths. Family Practice Management, 2007.
More resources:
Doctors Slowly Going Digital With Records - Wash Post 05/05
EMR, the new threat to your medical privacy. ConsumerReports.org
How Doctors Can Use Evernote As A Professional Memory Accessible Anywhere, Part 2: Using Evernote as an Electronic Health Record (EHR). EfficientMD, 08/2008.
Debate: Do Electronic Health Records Help or Hinder Medical Education? PLoS Medicine: http://is.gd/z9or
Medical Malpractice Liability in the Age of Electronic Health Records - NEJM, 2010 http://goo.gl/cGZG9