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• Electronic medical records (EMRs) offer a tremendous opportunity to reduce healthcare costs, improve quality of care, and save lives.
• Only 31 percent of hospital emergency departments, 29 percent of outpatient departments, and 17 percent of doctors’ offices use EMRs, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
• The Rand Corporation found that widespread, effective use of EMRs could save the United States at least $162 billion and potentially as much as $346 billion annually.
• EMRs can dramatically reduce prescription errors; the Veterans Affairs EMR system has helped it achieve an error rate of less than 0.003 percent, compared to the national error rate of three to eight percent.
• A nationally integrated EMR system will improve healthcare by allowing researchers access to vast datasets – detached from personal information – to analyze trends, detect patterns, identify promising treatments, and flag dangerous ones.

We are delighted to bring you the 13th regular installment of the AeA Competitiveness Series.  The AeA research team produces these reports on the most timely and relevant issues to the high-tech industry and to U.S. competitiveness in a global economy.  We combine rigorous data with careful analysis to provide industry leaders and policymakers the information they need to assess the issue.