Health system upgrade to electronic records planned

Maricopa Integrated Health System, which operates the county hospital, is moving away from pen and paper and toward computers.  Health-system officials will spend nearly $83 million over the next decade to install, customize and maintain an electronic-records system they say will improve patient safety, help physicians better manage patient information and make it easier to share information with doctors, nurses and other staff. http://www.healthcareitnews.com/story.cms?id=10586