“The United States can develop an electronic health record system that could, within the next five years, help prevent a million heart attacks annually and reduce the number of medication errors by 50 percent, a top health official in New York City said on Tuesday.
Farzad Mostashari, assistant commissioner of the New York City Health Department, told a meeting of the Health Information Technology policy committee that electronic health record systems also can reduce hospital re-admissions by half, and provide patients with access to their own medical information as well as health departments nationwide.”
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Bob Brewin, NextGov, 16 June 2009
