Episode 47

A better approach to medical records?

Taiwan’s system of electronic medical records lets them track diseases as they spread and makes healthcare more convenient for patients. So why isn’t the US system of medical records like this?

Recode Daily

February 2, 202021m 5s

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Show Notes

Taiwan’s system of electronic medical records lets them track diseases as they spread and makes healthcare more convenient for patients. So why isn’t the US system of medical records like this?

Featured Guests

@dylanscott

LINKS:

Listen to The Impact to hear more about Taiwan’s Medicare-for-All system.

You can also read more of Dylan’s reporting from around the globe in his series, Everybody Covered.

For more on the history of electronic health records in the US, you can read Sarah Kliff’s deep dive into the subject, or listen to her Impact episode about it.

Host:

Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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