Regional database would help doctors exchange patient info
Lansing State Journal: Regional database would help doctors exchange patient info
Dr. Brian McCardel sometimes has to leave patients waiting in exam rooms while he tracks down test results by fax machine.
He worries patients might not recall the medications they are taking and that those drugs may not mix with what he prescribes.
But McCardel - and all of Ingham County's 1,200 physicians - could one day have access to more decision-making details with a few keystrokes."
Local health leaders are launching an electronic system for exchanging patient data throughout the region.
Dr. Brian McCardel sometimes has to leave patients waiting in exam rooms while he tracks down test results by fax machine.
He worries patients might not recall the medications they are taking and that those drugs may not mix with what he prescribes.
But McCardel - and all of Ingham County's 1,200 physicians - could one day have access to more decision-making details with a few keystrokes."
Local health leaders are launching an electronic system for exchanging patient data throughout the region.
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