Paul Conslato, MD, director of clinical affairs for Lancaster General Medical Group, recently was quoted in the PAMED Better Health Network eZine
that the introduction of electronic health records is "the largest
transformational event for physicians within the last 50 years.”
Fifty years is a long time and takes us back into the 1960s. Certainly,
there have been plenty of changes in the practice of medicine since
then. We’ve seen new treatments developed. We’ve seen new diseases
identified. And, we’ve seen various changes in medical financing … just
to name a few of the changes since the age of 8-track tapes.
But Dr. Conslato’s observation catches my attention, and I wonder if he
hasn’t touched upon something historical in medicine that we may not
realize is happening.
Email to a Friend