Five Lessons From Seattle On Adopting Electronic Medical Records

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In its most recent installment in an occasional series on health information technology, Kaiser Health News reports from Seattle about lessons learned. "Atop a hill here, three of Washington state's pre-eminent hospital systems sit within blocks of each other, equipped with state-of-the-art electronic medical record systems that track test results, send warnings about dangerous drug interactions and provide medical histories. But a patient crossing the street from one hospital to another would be wise to bring paper records: The systems, made by different manufacturers, can't talk to each other" (Appleby, 8/10).

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