If you want to learn more about the federal push for electronic health
records, see http://www.os.dhhs.gov/healthinformationtechnology/ Theres
a link to federal efforts. The usual groups who are part of the
digital divide face this issue - clinics that serve low income patients
and rural clinics, as well as the small offices that Andy mentioned. The
Indian Health Service has come up with a model program
http://www.ihs.gov/CIO/EHR/ I don't know anything about this program,
except that it exists.
Thanks for bringing up this topic Andy.
siobhan
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Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 8:46 AM
To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group
Subject: [DDN] Will a Medical Digital Divide Hasten the Extinction of
the Neighborhood Medical Practice?
Hi everyone,
I've just written a blog entry about a piece from today's Boston Globe
describing the challenges faced by doctors incorporating electronic
recordkeeping for patients' files. E-records help doctors provide better
care, but the the systems used to track the records can cost tens of
thousands of dollars, making it harder for small, neighborhood medical
practices to compete against monolithic medical networks.
More here:
http://www.andycarvin.com
permalink:
http://www.andycarvin.com/archives/2006/02/will_a_medical_digit.html
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