Majority of Patients Want Doc to use EHRs: Study

Electronic Medical Records (EMR) or Electronic Health Records (EHR) are the most modern formats emerging in the medical field thanks to the innovations emerging in Information Technology Segment.  Most of the current day patients are aware of medical attention needs unlike the olden past. However, the nuances of EMR are yet to be propagated by the medical fraternity or by the providers as such...

Just like expensive, do-everything end-of-life care, like unlimited imaging studies, like newest drugs, patients want it all. This is one of the attitudes which causes the US to spend far more than other developed countries for far less efficient and cost-effective health care.

Nearly 90% (86%) of over 1000 adults recently surveyed by Harris Interactive stated that they wanted their physicians to move to an all-electronic format for medical records.  Another 71% want their physicians to prescribe electronically.  A total of 44% said that they would access their records on the internet and 48% said that they would book appointments electronically and e-mail their...