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Information Technology in Oncology Offices: Advice Based on Experience

Like individual users, oncology practices differ in their appetites for information technology (IT). Some practices are eager early adopters. Others move slowly, even reluctantly, towards computerization.

Pressures to modernize are building for all oncology practices, though, whether large, small, or moderately sized. These pressures include government mandates that will require electronic medical records (EMRs) for every citizen during this decade. The complexity of care and emphasis on quality measures also encourage the push toward high-tech methods. Likewise, business factors support the movement towards electronic sophistication. These include the need to treat the growing number of cancer patients as efficiently as . . . [Click for More]