All health IT is local

Regional electronic networks are bringing medicine into the digital age and showing people that it is possible to achieve the Bush administration's goal of electronic health records for all Americans. More than 100 regional networks now electronically link doctors, hospitals, laboratories and p...

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Published inModern healthcare (1976) Vol. 36; no. 7; p. 44
Main Author Nobel, Jeremy
Format Magazine Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Chicago Crain Communications, Incorporated 13.02.2006
Subjects
Access to information
Community
Costs
Electronic health records
Electronic records
Employers
Health care industry
Health care policy
Hospitals
Information technology
Medicine
Personal health
Physicians
United States > US
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ISSN0160-7480
1944-7647

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Summary:Regional electronic networks are bringing medicine into the digital age and showing people that it is possible to achieve the Bush administration's goal of electronic health records for all Americans. More than 100 regional networks now electronically link doctors, hospitals, laboratories and pharmacies. They are creating the backbone for a national network, including personal health records for patients to use to manage their own healthcare. They are also on their way to showing that electronic records can improve care, save lives and reduce costs. Low start-up costs also encourage doctors to participate, leading some networks to use private grants and federal money. Technology exists that will facilitate the secure exchange of information and the integration of diverse data.
ISSN:0160-7480
1944-7647