US Adults Not Very Confident that Physicians Have the Complete Picture
However, this confidence increases to half (50%) for those who have an electronic record. About one-fourth (26%) of adults say they use some form of electronic medical record, mainly one kept by their physician. ...Google Health: Advertising to Physicians and Privacy ConcernsThe patent filing is: Method and apparatus for serving advertisements in an electronic medical record system. The document lists Eric Sachs as inventor, who started the project in 2006. Here’s the abstract: ...Electronic Medical Records and the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate[Note: This afternoon, I notified Congress we (the Administration) support a requirement that doctors adopt e-prescribing and electronic medical records in order to get the full Sustainable Growth Rate update (HHS statement). ...On ACP's Endorsement Of "Single Payer", And A Call For An End To ...Electronic medical records require a huge investment and significant "upkeep.' This "cost of ownership" puts a big doubt upon EMR projects as a cost-reducing endeavor. Rather, EMR's should better be thought of as a cost center. ...Privacy vs. Electronic Patient RecordsAmericans believe in the benefits of electronic medical records and think they outweigh the privacy risks. The risks may still be too high though.Medical Companies Form Group To Protect Electronic Health RecordsA consortium of nine companies in the health-care industry are banding together to create a set of security practices to better protect the information in electronic medical records. The companies, including hospital-chain HCA Inc., ...The Benefits, and Potential Side Effects, of Sharing Medical...Today, there are two forms of electronic medical records. The relatively new web-based PHRs are designed to be individually controlled and potentially portable. Electronic medical records (EMRs) are used by industrial strength ...