title: Electronic medical records and health care transformation.
abstract: Effective electronic medical care record (EMR) systems will make a critical contribution to health care transformation. However, we need to know more about the total costs of EMRs and the ways in which they will interact with existing health care systems to make compelling predictions about their clinical benefits or the savings they can enable.
authors.affiliation: Geisinger Health System, Danville, Pennsylvania, USA. jmwalker@geisinger.edu
authors.forename: James M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Walker
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control / Q000191:economics*; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D018166:Health Care Reform; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D014481:United States