Are electronic medical records a cure for health care?
1. Identify and describe the problem in this case.
2. What management, organization, and technology factors are responsible for the difficulties in building electronic medical record system?
3.What is the business, political, and social impact of not digitizing medical records (for individual physicians, hospitals, insurers, patients, and the US Government)?
4. What are the business and social benefits of digitizing medical record keeping?
5. Are electronic medical record systems a good solution to the problem of rising health care costs in the United States?