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How much does it cost America to maintain physical (paper) medical records?

Asked by erichw1504 (26453points) October 28th, 2009

I am wondering what the estimated cost was for the United States to maintain all of our paper medical records? How would this weigh against transitioning to a full electronic medical record system? Will it cost less, if so, how much?

If you could provide a link to any facts, that would be great!

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