Up north the health-care folks I was plugged into were paperless. I found it to be very beneficial as it also had a "mychart" capability and I could e-mail my provider to ask questions etc. I never felt when I was "in office" that I was getting a less than perfect appointment. My providers always took their time one on one with me. This capability was also linked to the hospital, labs etc. so your info was all in one place. I wish that ALL the providers in TV had this capability to be linked together. Last Spring I had a medical emergency here in The Villages that took me first to Urgent Care, then the ER and ultimately to the hospital for surgery. I still had to give my history to each entity (while in extreme pain) which was VERY disconcerting to say the least. They may have had their "OWN" computer paperless capability but none seemed to be linked together.
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