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[Donna Coomes], of Mountain States Health Alliance, says the new technology saves the healthcare system from paying for off-site storage of paper files. Older files are still in paper form, and there are no immediate plans to convert those files to electronic records. Coomes and several other healthcare providers point out that the older the files are, the less relevant they are to a patient's current healthcare.
Although electronic records management has been around for a number of years, it is still in its early stages in the medical community, according to healthcare consultants and providers. Healthcare is moving slowly to adopt electronic medical records. Potential benefits of electronic records were acknowledged by healthcare providers and consultants years ago. Due to the expense of those systems, many healthcare providers have taken a long look at the technology before making the decision to implement it. Securing records while permitting access to authorized personnel is another important issue for healthcare providers. More comprehensive medical record and sharing strategies will evolve as regional medical record information centers continue to evolve. A few of those systems, which handle medical records on a regional basis, provide advantages when a patient needs to be referred from one healthcare system to another.See the full content of this document
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A Bright Prognosis for Emrs
Although electronic records management has been around for a number of years, it's still in its early stages in the medical community, according to healthcare consultants and providers.
"Healthcare is moving slowly to adopt EMR (electronic medical records)," says Gwen Hughes, director of e-health information management systems for Care...See the full content of this document
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