Hospital making move to paperless records MaineGeneral using $1.5M grant to connect doctors' offices, labs, pharmacies

Hospital making move to paperless records MaineGeneral using $1.5M grant to connect doctors' offices, labs, pharmacies: "As many as 115 central Maine doctors offices are expected to bid farewell to clipboards and illegible handwriting in favor of an electronic medical record system.
Within three years, many of these offices -- all connected to MaineGeneral Medical Center -- will be virtually paperless, with the help of a $1.5 million federal grant.
The medical records will be computer-based and connected to MaineGeneral-affiliated laboratories and pharmacies to allow quicker and better service for patients, said Dr. Dan Mingle, MaineGeneral health-care systems engineer who also is managing the electronic medical record project."