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Denmark: Electronic records save money and improve outcomes
That's changing. The Obama Administration promises to offer universal coverage, introduce electronic records and wrestle health-care costs under control - in short, at least part of the health-care revolution that many Americans have advocated for years. (See pictures of the world reacting to Obama's election win.)
Denmark boasts several advantages that have helped in the early adoption of electronic health records. It is small (population: 5 million) with a tech-savvy citizenry and a public sector-run health system. Trust in the government is high. Most crucially, when the health service established a National Patient Registry...
But there have been slipups. After the government decided to move away from paper records in 1999, a team of officials came up with a coding system that required doctors to insert information and notes in alphanumerical form. The system was never implemented and eventually abandoned in 2006 after physicians...
Shen says government infrastructure projects have already created 20,000 jobs in Chongqing this year, mostly in construction. He outlines development plans that could pass for a battle strategy, with lines of attack - in this case, faster rail lines - spreading from Chongqing across the country. In response to the economic...