Doctors Find Barriers to Sharing Digital Medical Records
on Tue, 2014-09-30 00:00 caroline
As a practicing ear, nose and throat specialist in Ahoskie, N.C., Dr. Raghuvir B. Gelot says that little has frustrated him more than the digital record system he installed a few years ago.
The problem: His system, made by one company, cannot share patient records with the local medical center, which uses a program made by another company.
The two companies are quick to deny responsibility, each blaming the other.
Links:
[1] http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/01/business/digital-medical-records-become-common-but-sharing-remains-challenging.html?emc=edit_tnt_20140930&nlid=58462464&tntemail0=y&utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=14331535&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_1RDzCzwb7nCK-wNpJD3Ll5thsDDEkvzTs7H4-LDE3Drolibnnbo51Pl6e8PLLiOuW6lb0LhzQ2_FnNIaWK-xjoD9ktg&_hsmi=14331535