I learned two things in this module I would like to discuss. One is the fact that President Bush was very involved in the push to make health records of individuals electronic. I was rather disappointed in President Bush’s presidency but I did not know that he played a major part in getting us where we are today with regards to electronic medical records. Second, I did not realize the costs that could be saved when implementing electronic medical records; it is into the billions of dollars nationwide. It stands to reason that this is the case. There will be fewer medication errors, fewer tests being ordered multiple times, fewer mistakes, the correct tests and films being ordered in appropriate time frames. Diagnosis will be made in more of a timely manner and the list goes on. I have always been an advocate for electronic health records but now I am even more so. So, kudos to Pres. Bush for his goals and success in the area of electronic health records and with the money we save we could use that to fund the changes in national health care as pertaining to President Obama’s administration.
