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American Medical News (1/3, Dolan) reports, “Medical liability insurers once said electronic medical records would let physicians earn discounts on their premiums, because the potential benefits of the technology included improving patient safety.” But “those discounts haven’t materialized” and “the reason, a study says, is that liability insurers are betting that claims will rise during a so-called adjustment period, when practices new to the technology are working out the kinks in their systems.” The study found that “in the short term, ‘as systems are tested, errors with coding data input and software-interoperability failures may occur.”
The movement to electronic medical records is a very positive change. So long as information is inputted correctly and timely, errors should not occur. If they do occur, patients could be seriously injured. Sometimes change is difficult for people, but failing to make appropriate entries in electronic medical records should not be excused. Too much–the health of patients–is at risk.
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