Health care’s paper trail is costly route

Julie Schmit in USA Today reports:

Technology has cut costs and increased productivity in industry after industry.

But health care, a $1.6 trillion beast that wallops business and consumer pocket books more and more, still largely runs on paper.

Visits to new doctors require patients to fill out forms for the same old information. Getting test results from one office to another can take days. That often leads to duplicate tests, excess costs and poor care.

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