Comments on: Did the EMR Open the Door for Ebola’s Spread Within the U.S.? https://tissuepathology.com/2014/10/22/did-the-emr-open-the-door-for-ebolas-spread-within-the-u-s/ Educational and informative Thu, 06 Aug 2015 06:22:09 +0000 hourly 1 By: Daniel Cruser MD https://tissuepathology.com/2014/10/22/did-the-emr-open-the-door-for-ebolas-spread-within-the-u-s/#comment-60687 Thu, 23 Oct 2014 11:43:10 +0000 http://tissuepathology.com/?p=7356#comment-60687 In reply to Ludwig Eckl.

Unless your centralized health care data is compromised . . . DC

]]> By: Ludwig Eckl https://tissuepathology.com/2014/10/22/did-the-emr-open-the-door-for-ebolas-spread-within-the-u-s/#comment-60667 Thu, 23 Oct 2014 10:08:25 +0000 http://tissuepathology.com/?p=7356#comment-60667 I was confused when I first stepped in a physicians office how many forms I have to fill out. It even got more complicated when I changed to a specialist that he uses different forms. I was not used to the circumstance that there is no connection within physicians office, Hospital or specialist to share this important information of patients history. Like Thomas Duncan who lied in the paperwork for the immigration to the US, people lie while filling out questionnaires to gain access to medication or just can’t remember. A central shared database accessed with a Picture ID of the patient to receive a temporary copy of patients history records and update this central records when finished. If there would be a central shared database the only question that comes up in an office visit would be – where does it hurt?

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