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Governor Launches Electronic Medical Records System
Developers say information exchange will lower health care costs and increase patient safety.
Gov. Deval Patrick on Tuesday launched the state's electronic health transmission record by being the first to send his own medical records from Massachusetts General Hospital to Baystate Health in Springfield. The new Massachusetts Health Information Exchange (HIE) allows electronic information to be securely electronically transmitted between health care providers – regardless of provider affiliation, location, or differences in technology – so that they can coordinate care, lower costs and ensure greater patient safety and lower health care costs, according to the governor's office. “In Massachusetts we believe that access to affordable, quality health care is a public good, and launching a secure, cutting-edge health information …
