Hospitals to share electronic records

 
By Jim Stafford
Published: May 9, 2008

The all-digital medical record-keeping environment envisioned by U.S. Secretary of Health Mike Leavitt is one step closer to reality for 11 Oklahoma City -area hospitals.

The hospitals announced Thursday that they have signed on to a network in which they will share electronic records of patients who seek care in their emergency departments.

In a visit to Oklahoma City last month, Leavitt urged health care prov...


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