[tejaswiy]

You're getting it wrong I think. I work in healthcare IT and many EMRs are getting on the mobile bandwagon and building out mobile clients that let you do this.

Additionally, hospitals require doctors to put in diagnosis / treatment notes into EMRs which is usually done by transcribing service that the doctors can call or by sitting at a computer and typing it out. Although this process is worse than doing it over a mobile client, healthcare IT is not in the dark ages as people would have you believe.

[gautamsivakumar]

Respectfully, I disagree. I think there are some institutions which do it better than others - but on the whole, from a techie standpoint, healthcare IT is in the dark ages.

[wging]

You came from Britain, didn't you? The situation there is way worse because of the NHS's failed project.

[devs1010]

My understanding is that some "hospital chains" have started doing stuff like this, primarily larger ones, however I think a lot of the smaller / independent ones are often still stuck in the dark ages as they can't afford the hassle of moving to newer technology

[dr_]

Not really. Ours is a small, for profit run institution, that has implemented many of these things, at a faster clip than the local multi hospital non profit institution. Ive learned that what matters most is the hospitals management and how they communicate with their medical staff.

[ilaksh]

I don't think that healthcare in countries like the UK is the same situation as in other countries like the US.

I think this article should be a cautionary tale about socializing health care.