Electronic health records are typically touted as providing two primary and vital services: readily accessible patient records and protection against contraindicated medications. But Intermountain Healthcare is benefiting from a growing and transformative versatility in the application of its EHRs.
The United States spends more than any other nation on healthcare and has arguably one of the most computerized healthcare systems in the world, and yet it is one of the least efficient. Now that President Obama is pushing for the digitization of medical records, the challenge of overcoming the widespread variations in the way health care is delivered in our country is more apparent than ever before.
