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The Right Clinical Information In The Right Hands At The Right Time Can Save Lives — And Money
October 17, 2007
•Article: Document Imaging And Healthcare
The promise of an accessible health history that speaks volumes when seconds count.
The vision is simple: with a few clicks of a mouse, you can see every relevant piece of information that you are authorized to access pertaining to a patient on a computer monitor. These can be radiological images, handwritten physician notes, requisitions, and lab reports. Gathered in one place, with controlled privacy, clinicians and administrative staff can have access to an audit trail of a patient's health and benefit history.
While this vision is advancing under many names, there's broad consensus that the day of the electronic medical record (EMR) is drawing closer. In fact, in the United States it's been raised to the level of a Presidential mandate, to be realized within the next 10 years.
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