Physician, Upgrade Thyself

PHYSICIAN, UPGRADE THYSELF
[SOURCE: New York Times, AUTHOR: Thomas Goetz]
[Commentary] Go into almost any medical office, hospital or clinic in the United States and your records will still be handled the old-fashioned way — on paper. You can use a computer to pay your taxes, to program your TiVo or to read a message from your great-aunt, but your doctor has to practically level a forest just to examine your medical files. The cost, however, isn’t calculated in trees but in human lives: Electronic medical records would reduce the risk of medical errors and spare hospitals the expense of missing records and unnecessary treatment.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/30/opinion/30goetz.html
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