Health Care of Future: EMR & Patient Portals changing industry | Phoenix Business Journal

I was interviewed by the Phoenix Business Journal on how Electronic medical records and patient portals are changing the healthcare industry. Full article found on the Phoenix Business Journal website.  Teaser below.

Jim Poulin/Phoenix Business Journal

Adriana Butler, a nurse at Banner Good Samaritan, 

uses the “Work on Wheels” cart to access patient records.

Whether patients and physicians embrace or resist it, the medical and health insurance worlds are headed online — into vast networks handling information ranging from medical histories to claims adjudication to diagnostic tools.  Insurance companies, health providers and hospitals also are creating patient websites where consumers can check on their own health records and insurance plan coverage details.

“We are working on a patient portal,” said Judy Van Norman, senior clinical director of information for Banner Health in Phoenix.

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Phoenix Business Journal - by Mike Sunnucks

Date: Thursday, November 4, 2010, 6:53pm MST