Information technology

The U.S. government is planning the following year to allocate about $ 125 million on the translation program of traditional medical records to electronic format, says the website of British newspaper Guardian. This was stated by President George W. Bush during his speech at the Cleveland Clinic.

"Virtually all businesses in the U.S. information technology to help increase brand name viagra efficiency - Bush said. - But, unfortunately, this did not prosihodit in medicine. We are new drugs that save our lives, but doctors still write stories disease of the hand. "

Funds for the computerization of hospitals, the U.S. government plans to allocate for the current year. If Bush's initiative to support the Congress, funding programs for 2005 will amount to U.S. $ 100 million - twice more than Viagra a history of impotence envisaged at the moment.

Experts estimate that from 50 to 100,000 U.S. residents die annually from medical errors. These errors including those associated with the conduct of medical records on paper. The introduction of a single standard electronic health records across the country will help doctors at any time to obtain detailed information about a particular patient, and immediately find the optimal treatment.