I'm conflicted by the report. On the one hand, electronic records can help patient care. The infrastucture is needed (just the other night a radiologist 400km away read an emergency CT for me) and I'm a believer in EHR. I don't believe they will revolutionize health care though. On the other hand, it looks like we have a greater chance of having and electronic health record for every Canadian before we have a doctor for every Canadian. Are we putting the cart before the horse?
Posts
2 days ago
2 comments:
I would love it something like that happened in the US in my lifetime!
it's an intesting business model -- but it's maddening when tiny hospitals desperate for doctors and staff spend millions on T1 connections between sites that do little more than trasmit lab data so far. I know it's needed but I question the balance.
Post a Comment