It’s estimated hospital medical mistakes kill 100,000 people a year in the United States.
Many hospitals, including Tucson Medical Center are going high-tech to improve patient safety.
TMC is in the process of completing a state-of-the-art electronic medical records system, or EMR.
A hospital spokesman says when it’s completed in June of 2010, it will put TMC in the top five percent of U.S. hospitals in EMR technology.
“So the EMR is a mechanism to bring improved patient safety, efficiencies and just overall improvements in the clinical care process,” says TMC Chief Information Officer Frank Martini.
He says computers will be in every patient room and every other place where care is administered. http://ping.fm/7cfLu
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