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NEWS ABOUT: online medical records

online medical records stories: 6 news summaries

 Docs Foresee Trouble 
 With Digitizing Records 

For electronic records, money is there but technology isn't

Mar 26, 09 10:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - The administration's push to digitize health records is raising red flags with an important constituency: doctors. "We have a long way to go," said the lead author of a report out today that shows only 9% of hospitals have computerized records. His article is part of a... More »

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hospitals • New England Journal of Medicine • software • health care reform • open source • digital storage • medical records • online medical records

OPINION

Obama's Digital Records Plan
No Panacea

President's $80B savings claim based on data-free study

Mar 12, 09 9:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - When President Obama said last week switching the nation’s medical records to electronic data would save some $80 billion a year, Jerome Groopman and Pamela Hartzband thought the same thing: How? It turns out the president’s claims are based on a 2005 RAND Corporation study, funded by interested... More »

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Barack Obama • health care reform • RAND Corporation • medical records • online medical records • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

New Databases Share Test Results, Prescriptions

Info used to assemble health 'credit reports'

Aug 4, 08 1:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - The prescriptions and medical test results of more than 200 million Americans are being assembled into commercial databases, the Washington Post reports, which then sell health "credit reports" to insurance companies trying to evaluate whether to accept an individual for coverage. The companies not only disclose drug and... More »

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medicine • health insurance • Georgetown University • prescription • online medical records

Coming Soon: Your Medical Info on the Net

Google, Microsoft
work on competing online programs

Jul 1, 08 8:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Both Google and Microsoft are working on programs that allow patients to store their medical information online, reports the MIT Technology Review. Google Health was released in May, 7 months after Microsoft's HealthVault. Both programs will eventually gather test results and info from hospitals and share them with doctors... More »

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Google • Microsoft • online medical records

E-Records Improve Care, But Cost Discourages Doctors

Insurers, hospitals are main beneficiaries; feds weigh financial incentives

Jun 19, 08 3:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Doctors aren’t using electronic health records, though they lead to better care, a study reports. Why? The costs are prohibitive, especially for small private practices. E-records do bring savings—but for insurers and hospitals, not doctors who invest in them. The government is experimenting with financial incentives for doctors... More »

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health care • health care industry • doctor • medical records • online medical records • electronic health records

Google Tests Web Med Records

The company will post health info for
up to 10,000 Cleveland volunteers

Feb 21, 08 12:24 PM CST
(Newser) - In a test of a long-anticipated medical-records program, Google will offer up to 10,000 patients at the Cleveland Clinic the chance to create an online medical profile, making it easier for them to share information with doctors or pharmacies, the Wall Street Journal reports today. In the pilot program,... More »

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health care • Google • Microsoft • Internet security • Cleveland Clinic • medical records • online medical records • HealthVault

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