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A substantial loss in the general overall quality of health care in this nation is found at the point of care in medical record transfer and reliable decision making. In 2004, there was an average 9 billion a year in fees and 56,000 patient deaths associated with inadequate patient care, due to the lack of mobility of patients’ health information.
Record based errors were associated with slow to move and change systems, but the implementation of electronic medical records, or EMR, has since helped to revolutionize and expedite patient recognition and optimal treatment information in ambulatory and hospital settings around the country.
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Together with new hand-held devices, PC tablets, wireless technology, and voice recognition, physicians have driven down the loss of life associated with poor planning and accessibility, as well as broadened the availability of applications to utilize treatment planning.
Companies like Allscripts and Advanced Data Systems have created a sort of “Windows” to store and access patient treatment records. "Our aim is to create the Microsoft Office for health care," Allscripts CEO Glen Tullman says, "to develop a standard all doctors can rely on." Google has also placed its hat in the ring with its creation of “Google Health”, offering an online application for people to upload and store their medical information. Together these elements make up roughly a 20 million dollar electronic health care industry.
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