Emr System

medical records, policy issues, pt/doc co-care, trends & principles

Dennis Quaid on Electronic Medical Records (CBS Sunday Morning)

e-Patient Dave | September 15, 2009

Actor Dennis Quaid has become an advocate for electronic medical records. In 2007 his 12 day old twins received a massive accidental overdose (10,000 units of heparin instead of 10 units), a near-fatal error that could have been prevented by the kind of bar code technology that the VA has been using for decades. (Yes, folks, [...]

EMRs: “Would you take it if it were FREE?”

e-Patient Dave | May 15, 2009

Blogger John at the “EMR (EHR) and HIPAA” blog posted a musing that caused my business antennas to twitch. A vigorous discussion has started in the comments.