Since he was candidate Obama, the new President has been calling for a comprehensive electronic medical records<\/a> system with the U.S. Health Care juggernaut.<\/p>\n In his Plan for a Healthy America, Presidential candidate Barack Obama called for lowering costs through investment in electronic health information systems at the Federal level, acknowledging that paper-based medical records are cumbersome and error-prone. In several of his stump speeches, he drummed home the point that processing paper claims was also twice as expensive. While still a candidate, he pledged to invest $10 billion a year through 2013 to move the U.S. health care system, a juggernaut if there ever was one, towards a broad adoption of standards-based electronic health care systems, including electronic medical records<\/a>.<\/p>\n In his December 8, 2008, radio address, President-elect Obama discussed his extensive plans for stimulating the economy. Included in his plans was a significant investment in EMRs. \u201cIn addition to connecting our (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Since he was candidate Obama, the new President has been calling for a comprehensive electronic medical records system with the U.S. Health Care juggernaut. In his Plan for a Healthy America, Presidential candidate Barack Obama called for lowering costs through…<\/span><\/p>\n