http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/12/rundle-1st-item-on-obamas-health-reform-agenda-get-rid-of-the-fax-machines/ now with extra source Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:27:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/12/rundle-1st-item-on-obamas-health-reform-agenda-get-rid-of-the-fax-machines/#comment-28527 Christopher Armstrong Fri, 12 Jun 2009 07:01:21 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/12/rundle-1st-item-on-obamas-health-reform-agenda-get-rid-of-the-fax-machines/#comment-28527 Remember, we didn't transition to a Medicare-style system overnight - it took successive governments to introduce the system we have now. It would take successive governments to improve or dismantle it too. Remember, we didn’t transition to a Medicare-style system overnight - it took successive governments to introduce the system we have now. It would take successive governments to improve or dismantle it too.

]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/12/rundle-1st-item-on-obamas-health-reform-agenda-get-rid-of-the-fax-machines/#comment-28522 Sarah Charlton Fri, 12 Jun 2009 06:42:37 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/12/rundle-1st-item-on-obamas-health-reform-agenda-get-rid-of-the-fax-machines/#comment-28522 "US hospitals are the last places in the developed word where the faxes run hot day and night with paper records being transferred" - are you kidding? I'm a doctor in Melbourne, have worked in many hospitals in Australia and the UK, not one of which has managed to elevate to electronic records. Just last night we had a potential medication error due to dodgy faxed info. We too have a long, long way to go. “US hospitals are the last places in the developed word where the faxes run hot day and night with paper records being transferred” - are you kidding? I’m a doctor in Melbourne, have worked in many hospitals in Australia and the UK, not one of which has managed to elevate to electronic records. Just last night we had a potential medication error due to dodgy faxed info. We too have a long, long way to go.

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