Valley Health System Leads Way for Electronic Medical Records
The McAllen Monitor—August 3rd, 2010
Dr. Juan Salazar used to scribble onto a notepad or dictate into a recorder what he wanted to report from his patient’s visits.
The information the physician gathered eventually ended up in his chart room, where his staff files the paper medical records that are sometimes as thick as books.
A shift to an electronic medical records system at Salazar’s clinic on East Nolana won’t result in a paperless environment that empties out his chart room. But Salazar, who practices internal medicine, said the system promises greater safety and lower costs for his patients in both the clinic and hospital settings.
Doctors Hospital at Renaissance, where Salazar often sends his patients, is asking its physicians to switch to electronic medical records as the federal government adopts guidelines to put all of the nation’s health care providers on computerized records by 2015.
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