Electronic health records help cardiac patients remain healthy
Friday, August 7, 2009 - 08:42
in Health & Medicine
August 7, 2009 (Denver, Colo.) -- An innovative program that cut cardiac deaths by 73 percent by linking coronary artery disease patients and teams of pharmacists, nurses, primary care doctors, and cardiologists with an electronic health record also kept the patients healthy two years after they left the program by keeping them in touch with their care givers electronically, according to a ran