survey, funded in part by the US Department of Health and Human Services, found that very few doctors used complete electronic systems, reported USA Today .
only 4 percent of physicians used a system that not only helped to store medical records of a patient electronically, but also had security features to reduce medical errors such as alerting doctors possible negative drug interactions.
Thirteen percent had a basic electronic system without security measures, and 42 percent plan to do the movement finally wrote the article.
what is the holdup? . Cost
Article USA Today, making the transition to an electronic system can cost a doctor more than $ 40,000 a year -. And sometimes more, once the cost of technical support is included
With these high costs, it is no wonder doctors are slow to make the transition to a system of electronic health records.
But it's not like the doctors do not believe electronic records are good idea.
And now doctors can see very strong evidence that an electronic system has a huge positive impact on the quality of health care through the study sponsored by the government.
"Certainly the idea of electronic documents is great. But if we do not see patients, we are not paid. The economy of this seem so intimidating," said a doctor in New Jersey an interview with the New York Times .
Unfortunately, the high cost of slow moving means.
"We [still] a long way since the adoption universal, "said Karen Bell, the office of Health IT adoption.
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