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Tech executives push for digital medical records – CEOs urge greater use of tech in health care

When Edward Zander, CEO of Motorola, moved to Chicago from the West Coast recently, he found that his medical records were not as easy to move as just about everything else.

"The frustrating thing was having to do everything over again," Zander says.

He related that experience Wednesday as a coalition of technology company executives lobbied lawmakers and released a report saying health care quality suffers and costs are rising because the medical industry has lagged behind in electronic record keeping.

By Julie Appleby, USA TODAY

Full Story: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/2005-10-12-digital-medical-records_x.htm

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A group of high-tech executives — including the heads of Intel, Hewlett-Packard and Applied Materials — called Wednesday for a dramatic increase in the use of information technology in health care, particularly electronic medical records.

The Technology CEO Council — made up of the chief executives of eight of the nation’s leading high-tech firms — said improving technology integration in the health care industry has major ramifications for U.S. competitiveness. Advances can be made incrementally instead of through huge and costly government initiatives and could significantly improve health care delivery within a decade, the group said.

“We believe that our fundamental capability has helped make every other industry in the world more effective, more efficient, more productive,” said Intel Chairman Craig Barrett, the group’s head, in releasing a 40-page report on health care technology. “It’s surely time to apply that capability to health care, which invests substantially less of its revenue base back into IT than any other.”

By Jim Puzzanghera

Mercury News Washington Bureau

Full Story: http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/technology/12889833.htm

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