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Electronic Health Records in Ambulatory Care — A National Survey of Physicians

SPECIAL REPORT ABSTRACT Background: Electronic health records have the potential to improve the delivery of health care services. However, in the United States, physicians have been slow to adopt such systems. This study assessed physicians’ adoption of outpatient electronic health records, their satisfaction with such systems, the perceived effect of the systems on the quality [...]
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Obama’s big idea – Digital health records

President-elect wants to computerize the nation’s health care records in five years. But the plan comes with a hefty price tag, and specialized labor is scarce.President-elect Barack Obama, as part of the effort to revive the economy, has proposed a massive effort to modernize health care by making all health records standardized and electronic. Here’s [...]
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US Will Have Digital Health Records In 5 Years Says Obama

US president elect Barack Obama said that after he takes office later this month the government will be investing money to make sure that the health records of all Americans are computerized within the next five years. Read more on Medical News Today…
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