Electronic Medical Records vs The Status Quo »
Posted By healthworldnet 7 months, 2 weeks ago in Health & FitnessThe idea of Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) originated about 40 years ago but despite the entry in the past two years by the digital gorillas Microsoft with HealthVault and Google with Google Health, the overall medical marketplace still has not embraced EMRs with open arms.
Hospitals have tended to be the first to incorporate EMRs in one form or another, but most of the time the technology they use is non standardized which makes it hard to share data between neighboring hospitals never mind between doctor’ s offices and patients homes. It’ s similar to attempting to transfer data from a PC to a Mac in the old days.
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