“These scenarios are commonplace. They stem from a system in which health-care providers don’t communicate well with each other and information is locked in paper records that are hard to read, access and share. This lack of exchange causes delays, errors, repeated and unnecessary tests, and adverse drug reactions.
For many patients, quick access to their complete medical records can literally be the difference between life and death. And for everyone, this problem drives up the cost of health care.”
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Kenneth G. Adler, Arizona Daily Star, 20 December 2009
