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An electronic medical record (EMR) or electronic health record (EHR) replaces the traditional paper chart for patients. It’s believed that health care facilities that use EHR systems deliver more efficient and higher quality care. In today’s digital age, electronic medical records are certainly the wave of the future. However, proponents of universal adoption are still frustrated by the rate at which they are being implemented.  According to a study just released by the National Center for Health Statistics, only 38.4% of physicians reported using a full or partial EMR system. This data is similar to what the Commonwealth Fund reported this year, that only 28% of physicians in the United States use an EMR (compared to 89% in Britain, and 98% in the Netherlands).

 EMR supporters hope that increased involvement by the government will help speed things along. President-elect Barak Obama has endorsed EMRs, and their adoption is a key part of his $50 billion dollar health care reform plan. In a radio address on December 6th,  President-elect Obama stated, “We will make sure that every doctor’s office and hospital in this country is using cutting edge technology and electronic medical records so that we can cut red tape, prevent medical mistakes, and help save billions of dollars each year.”

 President-elect Obama has also appointed former-Senator Tom Daschle as Secretary of Health and Human Services. He also intends to nominate Daschle to lead a new White House Office of Health Reform, with Jeanne Lambrew as his deputy. This is encouraging because the two co-authored (with Scott Greenberger) a groundbreaking book on health care reform titled Critical: What We Can Do About the Health Care Crisis. One of the main ideas Daschle and Lambrew present (and show support of) is the adoption of EMRs.

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It’s believed EMRs improve physician and overall hospital efficiency, reduce costs, and promote standardization of care. It is also suspected that they reduce medical errors and ultimately increase the quality of care. Researchers from Harvard have just released a study that may be the first real proof that electronic medical records have an advantage over traditional paper systems.

The benefits surrounding the universal adoption of electronic medical records seem obvious, but until recently, there have been limited ways to illustrate them. A research body from Harvard has just released a study showing that electronic medical records offer a substantial advantage over traditional paper systems.  As more healthcare providers are introduced to medical management software, the term EMR (electronic medical record) is becoming a household term. It may also be called an EHR (electronic health record) or PHR (patient health record).  An EMR is essentially a patient’s medical chart in digital format. It includes information for each patient concerning demographics, insurance carrier, prescription records, test results, medical history, progress notes, and so on. It also includes identifiers to locate the digital record in a database, and with proper authorization, may be accessed from any point in a healthcare facility or offsite.

 It is believed EMRs increase physician efficiency, reduce costs, promote standardization, improve the quality of care and reduce medical errors. Though they have been around for nearly 30 years, it is estimated roughly 10% of health care facilities utilize a comprehensive medical management software system. With such a small sample size, realized benefits have been difficult to present. In 2006, Business Week published a story on the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Buffalo, New York. In the mid-1990s, they installed the most extensive electronic medical records system in the U.S. Staff and patients believe this revolutionized the hospital, decreasing the amount of errors and increasing the quality of care. 

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The United States of America has the largest number of the electronic components and semiconductor manufacturing industrial units in the world. There are more than five thousand companies in the country with total combined annual revenue of about 150 Billion US Dollars every year. Micron Technology, Intel, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and the Texas Instruments are the largest industries to be reckoned with, in the world. The electronic components and semiconductor manufacturing industry has become very concentrated in the USA and the largest fifty companies generate more than 70 percent of the total revenue.

This industry is highly dependent on the computer industry and makers of the telecommunications products such as mobile phones, computers, laptops, modems and other electronic items. As the demands may vary from year to year, so also the production of the components may also vary in accordance with the demands. The big companies have become successful by producing parts at low cost or by producing components which are highly specialized in nature. The small companies also produce specialized products and new applications and are fiercely competitive. For success in the industry most firms and companies hire highly qualified technical experts in the field and also implement the latest advances made in the field of production, modernization and atomization of the products. The employees in the industry are some of the most highly paid personnel’s in the country.

Some of the important and major products produced by the units include printed circuit boards, computer chips and various other components like electron tubes and electronic connectors. It has been estimated that semiconductors account for more than 60 percent of the industry revenue and circuit boards for 25 percent in the United States.

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its tru, every electronic device I touch seems to fail lately!

Electronic device in trash can creates Tower Square scare

Electronic money gives flexibility to the owner because it is paperless and can be transferred around with the use of technology such as internet. It works through the use of a “public and private key” system, which allows user to access his or her account through the use of a security pin code. Generally, electronic money is also identified by the terms e-money, digital cash, digital currency or electronic cash.

The history of electronic money can be traced back to 1860, when the Western Union introduced the electronic fund transfer (EFT). This marked the beginning of electronic money. 1918 leaves another mark in the history of electronic money when the Federal Reserve of America transferred currency via telegraph. As computer technology developed and was adapted by banks, there was a heavier reliance on computer technology to record customer’s details. Since then, various systems were developed to maintain a detailed record of a person’s financial condition and credit status. The availability of these details enables electronic money to work, because data is easily accessible and maintained.

Electronic money allows faster monetary transaction, minus the hassle produced by cash transaction. There needs to be a consensus on both the bank and account holder in order to produce successful electronic money transaction. During the late 1990s, better technologies related to electronic money were created. Examples include electronic checks and embedded smart cards. These are means for transferring money.

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