We will build on those successes by accelerating the move toward an electronic record system, minimizing the numerous administrative requirements at doctor offices, hospitals and insurance companies.

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If there is no electronic record-keeping system there will be no way to cut costs in the Medicare system--it is critical that we have more and better information about the patients, particularly those who are seeing multiple physicians.

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Initiatives such as a single billing system or one nationalized electronic medical record would go a long way toward decreasing the overhead in our system.

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What he was referencing back in 2009 was the electronic data stored by his healthcare providers in their electronic medical record (EMR) system (to which he had no access).

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The Trust would be the primary provider of prevention priorities for all Americans, irrespective of insurance status, and would connect back to the medical system through an electronic health record.

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The researchers looked at the pharmacists records, the clinical notes and the electronic prescribing system, which should all have a record of any allergies.

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"For the system to work, 100% of prisoners, 100% of the time, had to leave an electronic thumbprint when they went from one area of the prison to another and the system had to record this every time, " he said.

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According to a Baylor Health Care System study, it takes an average 134 hours for a doctor to prepare for an electronic health record.

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