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Article: Socialized medicine: how personal health records and social networks are changing healthcare.
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- September 1, 2009
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Healthcare in America is changing. At the heart of the transformation is the electronic medical record (EMR). By pulling together all of a patient's information, from lab test results to billing history, into a single electronic record, healthcare organizations can dramatically improve quality of care while at the same time lowering their costs. Some are pinning their hopes on the EMR to save the healthcare system. President Obama has gone so far as to promise that his administration "will make the immediate investments necessary to ensure that, within 5 years, all of America's medical records are computerized." An ambitious goal, but understandable considering the ...