From the New York Times
By MILT FREUDENHEIM
Published: December 13, 2010
Important article about Electronic Medical Records concerns from the Ny Times. Almost two years ago, President Obama pledged $19 billion in stimulus incentives to help convert the nations doctors and hospitals to using a paperless system of electronic health records intended to improve the quality of care and reduce costs. But the conversion is still a slow work in progress. Only about one in four doctors, mostly in large group practices, is using the electronic record system. A vast majority of physicians in small offices, the doctors who serve most Americans, still track patients illnesses and other problems with pen and paper. Read the whole story.