Published on 15-Jun-2010
Validated on 05 Sep 2012
Customer:
IBM Corporation
Industry:
Healthcare
Deployment country:
United States
Solution:
Smarter Planet
Smarter Planet:
Smarter Healthcare
Overview
As pencil and paper become inefficient means of capturing patient data, electronic medical records surface as a more integrated way to deliver healthcare. Patients, doctors, journalists and IBMers talk about the pivotal role of electronic medical records in creating a safer, smarter, more interconnected healthcare system.
Business need:
Researchers and developers are trying to create a new, smarter system to maintain medical records
Solution:
An electronic system should be developed as a more effiecient way to store and retrieve medical files rather than on paper.
Benefits:
This idea helps medical professionals in that it makes maintaining the records easier, faster, and more accurate.
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Patients, doctors, journalists and IBMers talk about the pivotal role of electronic medical records in creating a safer, smarter, more interconnected healthcare system. |