Access to Medical Records When Traveling
Larry Magid published an insightful commentary that highlights the benefits of electronic records as well as some of the shortfalls. Once medical records are in a digital form, transmission, storage, searching and filtering becomes much easier for hospital personnel. However, it’s also well known that data entry can take longer than with paper records, particularly during the time that it takes doctors and administrators to be trained in using new systems. For a patient, in t