I think the main failure to use technology is actually in communication, specifically in handoffs, communication with patients, etc. Paper records exist even th

I think the main failure to use technology is actually in communication, specifically in handoffs, communication with patients, etc. Paper records exist even though the infrastructure to make paper records work (including a population of young people willing and able to make this system run) is largely gone. Practices need to write referrals, and will try to fax documents over which then need to be re-entered. HIPPA, rather than encouraging EMR systems, makes professionals skittish to put anything into a computer. Rather than medical information breeches, we suffer from the medical information not getting to the right people.