Back in 2005, researchers at the influential RAND Corp. made an optimistic prediction: Digitizing electronic medical records could save the health-care system at least $ 81 billion annually. The savings were significant but not unreasonable: It would represent less than a 1 percent cut to health-care spending, much smaller than the 1.5 percent efficiency increase… Read more »
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New Electronic System Tracks Women for Saudi Husbands
When they’re on the go – You’ll know. A new electronic tracking system sends Saudi men notifications when their wives leave the country. Al-Arabiya reported: Denied the right to travel without consent from their male guardians and banned from driving, women in Saudi Arabia are now monitored by an electronic system that tracks any cross-border… Read more »
A quarter of Americans will vote by electronic machine. Is that a problem?
One of the oddest aspects of Election Day in the United States is that there’s no standard way for Americans to vote. Different states employ different rules on who can vote and when. What’s more, voting technology can vary wildly. For instance, this map from Mike Orcutt and VerifiedVoting.org looks at the different methods that… Read more »
About half of doctors use electronic records
Just about half of doctors are using electronic health records, according to Health and Human Services’ latest survey on the issue: That’s a pretty high number, historically-speaking: As recently as 2005, just about a quarter of doctors’ offices had gone digital. In the larger scheme of technological adaption, however, it’s dishearteningly low. Imagine walking into… Read more »