In our own state, we came up with, I think, what was a very novel approach to closing the gap on the uninsured. To harmonize medical records - which was a major step in getting costs out of the system.

The current medical records system is this: Room after room after room in a hospital filled with paper files.

And as a nurse, I know very well the importance, for example, of electronic medical records.

ask him to make his medical records public.

Computerized medical records will enable statistical analysis to be used to determine which treatments are most effective.

With tens of thousands of patients dying every year from preventable medical errors, it is imperative that we embrace available technologies and drastically improve the way medical records are handled and processed.