News tagged with electronic medical


Electronic Medical Records: An Obamanomic Step Toward Improved Health Care

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created May 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

The Obama Administration's goal to improve the entire health care system in the USA begins with an incremental first step by introducing nearly 500,000 physicians to electronic medical records via the American Recovery and ...


Patients reveal willingness to trade hands-on medical care for computer consultations

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created May 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

As President Barack Obama calls for streamlining heath care by fully converting to electronic medical records and as Congress prepares to debate issues of patient privacy, one question has largely gone unasked: What do patients ...


GE plans to invest $6B to lower health care costs

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created May 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- General Electric Co. said Thursday that it will invest $6 billion over the next six years in an attempt to lower the cost of health care and improve the quality of medical care in underserved regions of the United ...


Electronic health records are valuable but won't be a panacea

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created Apr 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Turns out most Americans are all for moving to a comprehensive system of electronic medical records. They just don't think it's going to save us any money when it comes to health care.


Patients at community health clinics less likely to be referred to cardiologist

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created Apr 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Heart patients who receive primary care at community health clinics — especially women — are less likely to have a consultation with a cardiologist than those who receive primary care at hospitals, according to a study in ...


Nation's only citywide electronic health information exchange: Improving health and lowering costs

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created Oct 15, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Across the nation concerns about health-care quality and costs are growing. For the first time, both candidates aspiring to the nation's highest office are looking to greater reliance on electronic medical records as critical ...



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