E-records must be treated with caution

Contributed by Stephen Pritchard - Published 09 December 2009

Over the next five years, the US government will inject $19.2 billion into healthcare IT, with the goal of providing electronic medical records for all citizens by 2014, but e-records must be treated with caution.

President Barack Obama has described the initiative of providing electronic records for all citizens as “the most meaningful steps in years towards modernising our healthcare system”. The administration believes electronic records will cut costs and improve results by reducing errors and…

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