@sliceoflifemd: Estonia launched a unified national electronic health record system in 2008. Every provider is required to contribute to it. Almost 100% of residents have a complete digital health record that follows them anywhere in the country. Patients can see their own record and who has accessed it. America has spent billions trying to get two hospitals in the same city to share records. The difference is not technology. It is incentives. Every week in my free newsletter I break down one country's healthcare system and one American policy issue. https://sliceoflifemd.substack.com/subscribe #GlobalHealth #HealthcarePolicy #DigitalHealth #HealthTech #SliceOfLifeMD
Taiwan has an incredible system. Doctor puts in your card, they see your last 6 appointments. Doctor orders a test, and it pops up "This patient had an MRI six months ago. Do you want to see those results, or do you want to order a new one?"
Cuts down medical waste while helping continuity of care. And they do it with a 2% administrative cost.
2026-08-22 02:10:29
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TGemmell❌ :
A NATIONAL record database would be a DREAM!! I despise requesting/ waiting/ sometimes never getting records!! End up duplicating things/ so wasteful 😡
2026-08-22 00:51:42
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LL539 :
Isn’t this what we were promised a long time ago with EMR?
2026-08-22 16:12:21
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