(Electronic Health Records) Computerized medical records that bring patient care into the digital age and save time, money and lives. The push to adopt comprehensive electronic documentation between doctors' offices and hospital settings intensified after the RAND corporation published a study in 2005. The research stated that America's healthcare industry is expected to save over $80 billion annually and improve the quality of care when EHR becomes reality.
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- Discussion threads 2009-11-11
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