Computerized health records could significantly cut dangerous medical mistakes, but government-created standards are needed to spur a seamless network accessible nationwide, a scientific group that ...

Well over half the nation%27s medical records are computerized%2C the Obama administration says Administration has spent %2415.5B to help health care providers develop electronic systems The ...

As technology improves, the debate over whether to store medical records on paper or electronically grows. The issue is up for debate on a number of fronts, as both paper and electronic records offer ...

Ask Cathy Molchan the cost of installing the electronic medical record system in a doctor’s office she administers, and she gives a clear, quantified answer: $80,000. Ask her whether the system saves ...

LONDON, June 18 (UPI) -- A three-year study of computerized health records in Britain found better patient care but not as many cost savings as expected, researchers say. Researchers at University ...

Uncle Sam wants your doctor to go digital. And the federal government is backing that up with money for practices that start using computerized systems for record keeping. Nearly half of all ...

If the cheerleaders — including the one in the Oval Office — are right, computerized medical records will save us all: save jobs, save money, reduce errors, and transform health care as we know it. In ...

Electronic medical records were supposed to usher in the future of medicine. Prescriptions would be beamed to the pharmacy. A doctor could call up patients' medical histories anywhere, anytime. Nurses ...

If you are accused of a crime, there are four people who can’t be forced to testify against you, under traditional common law: your doctor, your lawyer, your priest and your spouse. The last three are ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Switching from paper to electronic medical records at health clinics led to "modest reductions" in the number of people with diabetes that went to the emergency room or ...

Uncle Sam wants your doctor to go digital. And the federal government is backing that up with money for practices that start using computerized systems for record keeping. Nearly half of all ...