O’Malley expected to sign bill that would aid in creating national health information network
Maryland is poised to jump ahead of the rest of the nation in health information technology on Tuesday when Gov. Martin O’Malley signs a bill intended to coax doctors into using electronic medical records.
The computerized files are seen as the foundation of a national health information network that proponents say will improve care, advance medical knowledge and save the country tens of billions of dollars annually. But with the startup costs to individual doctors in the tens of thousands of dollars, many smaller practices have been slow to move from clipboard to computer screen. http://ping.fm/ymvlz