Dr. Albert Warren, MD, Family Medicine Physician at the R.J. Taylor Memorial Hospital, Inc. in Hawkinsville, Georgia reviews patients’ diagnosis and symptoms and records the information on an electronic tablet. USDA photo by Bob Nichols for Flickr
While Connecticut health care providers have received $300 million in federal funds to create an electronic records system, the state still has not developed an effective sharing system, reports The Connecticut Mirror.
From the story:
[Lawmakers] are trying to restart efforts to create a health information exchange, motivated in part by concerns that the lack of a neutral, statewide system is not just hindering patient care but giving large health systems a way to squeeze out independent physicians and [making it harder] for patients to see [competing] providers.
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