Technology VS Paper

TECHNOLOGY -VS- PAPER A RECENT HISTORY OF MEDICAL RECORDS Widespread adoption of Electronic Medical Record Technology could save the medical industry $162 billion a year by increasing efficiency, reducing errors, lowering death rates and sick days. As technology advances, the benefits of EMR's are outweighing the cost. 1960 ー レ S ー TECHNOLOGY PAPER RECORDS In the 1960's, computerized medical records got their start with the imaginative physician, Law- rence L. Weed. In 1967 Weed's idea mated electronic medical record system began with information technology experts and physi- On April 12 1961, human beings flew into space for the first time. Russian Cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin, orbited planet Earth aboard Vostok 1. The Russians lead the way in space travel with the first woman in space, Valentina Tereshkova (1963), and the first space walk by Alexei Leonov (1965). an auto- cians working together, but paper records were a long way from being obsolete. 1970 EE 565366 27 27 23345 26 29 26 457895 D6 83855183 28 ー レ S ー TECHNOLOGY PAPER RECORDS In 1970, the Problem Oriented Medical Record (POMR) system was created. The system has In 1972, when pong was released by Atari Inc., it revolutionized arcade game play. Pong was a first generation video game released originaly as a coin operated video game and then later for at home use. Pong taught many people across the nation how to use a joystick. become the benchmark in medical record taking and laid a solid foundation for universal documentation, a practice that was crucial for digital medical records to become a reality. 1980 ー レ S ー TECHNOLOGY PAPER RECORDS In 1982, the first artificial human heart was transplanted into a human. Dr Barney Bailey Clark (a dentist) received the transplant and survived for 112 days with his artificial heart. In the 1980's, several electronic medical record systems were developed with different areas of focus from outpatient to urgent care. With no universal standard, paper records are still widely used across America. 1990 ー レ S ー TECHNOLOGY PAPER RECORDS In 1993 the only fully functioning Global Naviga- tion Satellite Sysem, activated. The Global Posi- tioning System (GPS) was originaly utilized only by government and military personel. It is the same technology used by consumer auto, and smart phone GPS systems today. The 1996 HIPPA law gave consumers new pri- vacy rights and protections, making electronic files safer to use. Medical records systems became more widely adopted as they gained complexity and usefulness, yet most doctors were still depending on paper medical redords. 2000 -VS- TECHNOLOGY PAPER RECORDS The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator. It is expected to address some of the biggest questions in physics and give scientists a look In February 2003, the HIPPA Security Rule pro- vided new administrative, physical, and techni- cal safeguards for medical information. Touch screen technology and other workflow enhancements allow some offices to go at the fundamental nature of matter. paperless yet most doctor offices are still de- pending on paper medical redords. DESPITE OF RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT -ONLY 12% OF PRACTICES WITH 5 OR LESS FULL-TIME PHYSICIANS USE ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS ONLY 18% OF ALL PRACTICES, INCLUDING LARGE AND SMALL OFFICES, ARE USING EMR. GOOD NEWS: 34% OF PRACTICES SAID THEY PLAN TO IMPLEMENT EMR'S IN THE NEXT 2 YEARS Doing the Math A study of 14 small physician practices found that a new EMR system cost an average $44,000 FULL-TIME PROVIDER for initial setup with an additional $8,500 YEAR They recouped the cost on average in 3 years MAKING $23,000 PROFIT PER PROVIDER ANNUALLY {only 3 of the 14 offices faced serious financial issues after EMR implementation} Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_record http://lupus.about.com/od/diagnosis/a/MedicalHistory.htm http://patients.about.com/od/electronicpatien trecords/a/EMRPHRhistory.htm http://www.Medefile.com/blog *medefile take contror of your medical records