Study: Few US hospitals use digital records

Courtesy Headlines from the Associated Press  Wed, 03/25/2009 - 15:22

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- U.S. hospitals have a long way to go to join the digital age. Fewer than 2 percent have abandoned paper medical charts and completely switched to electronic health records, a new national survey found.

Another 8 to 11 percent of hospitals have basic electronic systems in place where at least one department has converted to digital....

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Electronic Health Records

Posted by Visitor on Wed, 03/25/2009 - 21:22.

Not so sure we want Electronic Health Records. Look at all of the credit card breaches of personal info. Just don't like it.

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