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Many Doctors Find Cost Prohibits Their Using Electronic Records

Boston, MA-The government and leading health medical organizations are constantly touting the advantages of electronic prescription and records use, but doctors are saying it’s just too expensive.

According to new research by Harvard University, many doctors across the United States say that they simply cannot afford the expensive equipment that is needed to write and record electronically patient prescriptions, and patient record keeping.

Harvard University took a poll of doctors across the United States, and the Survey brought back a number of results that surprised the researchers.

Just 4 percent of the doctors that took the survey use electronic means to write prescriptions and keep patient records. Many doctors say that the electronic equipment is simply too expensive for their practices, so they are forced to use traditional pen and paper record keeping.

The Federal Government acted on June 10th, and is in the process of offering grants amounting to $150 million dollars to doctors in 12 different communities.

These doctors number 1,200, and it will hopefully lead to doctors across the United States to begin to upgrade and use electronic prescription and record keeping.

The Survey is being published in the June edition of the New England Journal of Medicine.