Access To Electronic Medical Records Significantly Increases Efficiency Of Emergency Care

Friday, May 30, 2008 - 08:21 in Health & Medicine

A new study discusses the benefits gained from providing health care workers with immediate access to patient medical records during a mass casualty incident. The authors believe that using radiofrequency devices that electronically contain a person’s medical records presents a solution that could both streamline aid and reduce medical charges, two often incompatible goals.

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