![PUSHING FOR AN OPEN-SOURCE SOLUTION 'This legislation [makes] health information technology a realistic option for all providers.' -- Senator Jay Rockefeller](http://cache.boston.com/bonzai-fba/Globe_Photo/2009/05/03/1241404111_3186.jpg "PUSHING FOR AN OPEN-SOURCE SOLUTION 'This legislation [makes] health information technology a realistic option for all providers.' -- Senator Jay Rockefeller") |
PUSHING FOR AN OPEN-SOURCE SOLUTION "This legislation [makes] health information technology a realistic option for all providers." -- Senator Jay Rockefeller |
Few hospitals go paperless using free VA software
Electronic record system helps W. Va.
WASHINGTON - In a country where just 1.5 percent of US hospitals have fully computerized records, one of the poorest and least technologically advanced states has created a paperless records system for its state-run hospitals and nursing homes serving the indigent elderly and mentally ill. (Full article: 999 words)
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