Article - June 10, 2008 - Canton Repository

Electronic medical records provide doctors with instant information

By Jim Hillibish

We leave trails of medical records all over town, perhaps all over the world. Every time we get an exam or treatment, or a prescription or even some advice, there's a record of it.

The problem is these records are in different places. For your doctor to see all of them, often important for an accurate diagnosis, a courier would have to deliver them. That could take days.

The buzz in the medical world is EMR, or electronic medical records. Ideally, everything would be in a computer, all in one place. All functions of a doctor's office would be automated, including scheduling and billing. Doctors would have access to patient charts any place they have a computer.

The 16-physician group Spectrum Orthopaedics, at 4650 Hills and Dales Rd. NW, is getting close. They rolled out an electronic records system in February 2006.

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