Comments on: EMR: WHY DOCTORS ARE UNDERWHELMED http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/10/01/emr-why-doctors-are-underwhelmed/ Cleaning the Augean Stables of the Health Care Debate Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:27:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: teqjack http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/10/01/emr-why-doctors-are-underwhelmed/#comment-330481 teqjack Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:45:51 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/10/01/emr-why-doctors-are-underwhelmed/#comment-330481 OK, expensive in a lot of ways. But... transportability could be accomplished for a heck of a lot less. Keep the paper records, but before filing use a multi-function printer (circa $100) to make a computer copy and append/update to current computer record. The whole file would probably fit on a 128Megabyte flash drive (circa $2, or less bought by the dozen including a printed logo) for quick transport, or transmitted for even quicker transport (circa $0.04). I recieved such a drive for free, and have put some emergency info (I am O NEG idiot, not O positive as some of the places I have been tested claimed) on it to keep in a pocket. OK, expensive in a lot of ways.

But… transportability could be accomplished for a heck of a lot less. Keep the paper records, but before filing use a multi-function printer (circa $100) to make a computer copy and append/update to current computer record. The whole file would probably fit on a 128Megabyte flash drive (circa $2, or less bought by the dozen including a printed logo) for quick transport, or transmitted for even quicker transport (circa $0.04). I recieved such a drive for free, and have put some emergency info (I am O NEG idiot, not O positive as some of the places I have been tested claimed) on it to keep in a pocket.

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