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and all other information are put into the database. The Harvard Health
Letter entitled, Technology and your Health: A quick-start guide, states that
in 2014 it was estimated that around 50% of doctors were using the system.
This number is expected to grow in the next few years. As more doctors and
hospitals convert to this system, it ends up benefiting the patient. The
patient now has access to an online web portal. On this web portal they can
view all their test results, medications, and they can even talk to the doctor.
Patients can even schedule appointments without the hassle of having to call
the office. Patients can use the online web portal to their advantage, by
using it as a source to keep up with their own health records.
Works Cited
"Technology And Your Health: A Quick-Start Guide." Harvard Health Letter 40.2 (2014):
1-7. Health Source - Consumer Edition. Web. 7 Apr. 2015.
Alexander, Jeff. "Scrapping the Paper - Hospital spends millions to
computerize i-Subhead:
Hospital spends millions to computerize its
records." Muskegon Chronicle, The (MI) 22 Mar. 2005, D: 1. NewsBank.
Web. 1 Mar. 2015.
Goundrey-Smith, Stephen. Principles of Electronic Prescribing. London: Springer,
2012. Internet
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