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A universal, simple, portable electronic health record (EHR) is one of the most promising potential benefits of the information age. An ATM card provides standardized access to information on a bank customer's financial accounts; it's no great technologic leap to envision a similar electronic key unlocking access to a patient's medical history. The EHR could provide a single standardized reporting mechanism for third-party payers, offer critical data to emergency room doctors confronted with an unfamiliar patient in crisis, and reduce the likelihood of adverse medication interactions. Above all, the EHR, using current technology, could slash healthcare administration's soaring costs.
The EHR's appeal has brought it to the forefront of healthcare policy. The National Institute of Medicine, the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health, and Newt Gingrich's healthcare reform action group all have endorsed the mantra that rapid IT deployment is critical for healthcare quality improvement and cost savings. On April 27, 2004, President Bush issued an executive order calling for a ten-year timeline for the development and implementation of health information technology to help achieve substantial improvements in healthcare...
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