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From Paper to Pixels: The Future is Bright for Health Information Management

Healthcare IT Today

Prior to the Meaningful Use incentives in 2005, only 20% of medical records were stored electronically. One area where Mueller believes HIM professionals can make a significant difference is interoperability. The era of rolling shelves, paperclips, and Dictaphones ended less than 20 years ago. A lot has changed. “I

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Electronic Health Records : History, hurdles and the promise of Blockchain

Lloyd Price

The main obstacle has always been interoperability, something that blockchain technology offers a solution to. In April 2005, it began deployment of EHR systems in NHS Trusts. A distributed ledger also solves the need for intermediaries regarding access and validation, and the overhead for providers is minimal.

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