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Statewide medical records planned
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 11:20:51 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Monty Solomon <monty () roscom com> Date: October 22, 2004 1:34:51 AM EDT To: undisclosed-recipient:; Subject: Statewide medical records planned Statewide medical records planned Blue Cross to give $50m to boost electronic project By Liz Kowalczyk, Globe Staff | October 21, 2004 Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Massachusetts plans to spend about $50 million to electronically link doctors, hospitals, and other healthcare providers in three Massachusetts communities, allowing them to share and access patients' medical records. Blue Cross and more than 25 other insurers, hospitals, doctors and medical industry groups have formed a nonprofit organization with the goal of building a statewide electronic medical record system. Blue Cross, which has earned record profits in recent years, said it will donate $50 million to test the project next year in three cities or towns. Doctors who study medical errors and quality of care believe electronic medical records will substantially improve healthcare. Done right, they allow doctors spread out in various offices and hospitals to call up a patient's complete medical history, allergies, test results and prescriptions -- even though many different physicians have treated and tested the patient. These systems also can send doctors alerts to follow up on negative test results with further testing and warn them when they prescribe a drug to which a patient is allergic. Right now, most doctors keep patients' records on paper in filing cabinets. Many don't have access to records when their patients received treatment from another doctor. Even hospitals and doctors groups that have sophisticated electronic medical records can look up only their own records but generally can't see their patients' test results and treatment from other hospitals and doctors. ...http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2004/10/21/ statewide_medical_records_planned/
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