Study: Information technology poses no harm to nursing home residents

Posted on July 1, 2011

ECNMag.com reports: “The federal government is pushing doctors and hospitals to convert to electronic medical records by 2015, touting reductions in costs, increased patient safety and greater efficiencies in the U.S. health care system.” Read More…>>

“Cornell gerontologists, led by Karl Pillemer, the Hazel E. Reed Professor of Human Development in the College of Human Ecology, have produced the first study to examine how nursing home residents perceive electronic health information technology.”

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