The ACP's new report, E-Health and Its Impact on Medical Practice, is presented on their news page. The challenge of moving physicians to electronic health records is daunting. This is from the press release:

Health care may be the fastest growing industry, but it has been slow to adopt the use of technology. While orders at fast food chains are now entirely automated, most physician offices and hospitals still maintain their records on paper.

In [the ACP's] new position paper . . . , the nation’s largest medical specialty organization says that collaboration among physicians, patients, technology developers, and policymakers must occur if e-health activities like electronic communication between physicians and their patients, remote monitoring of patients, personal and electronic health records, and patients seeking health information online are to transform health care in the U.S.

In other words, don't hold your breath.

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I wanted to add to the discussion on E-health and the ACP’s paper

I was just at their annual meeting “Internal Medicine 2008” in Washington DC, where the College did a media session on the new policy paper on E-health. According to Joel Levine chair of the American College of Physicians Board of Regents “ E-health is the future, there will be E-health one way or the other simply because of how technology is changing.” I’ve posted a video on the media briefing session with Dr. Levine and the college’s president Dr. David Dale at http://www.yourupdate.tv/healthandwellness/primarycare.html

Thanks

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