Forbes: Improving Medical Record Errors Through Technology

If you’re not a professional actively working in the healthcare industry, you probably don’t realize how important medical records are — or how dangerously unreliable they can be. According to Black Book Research covered in Becker's Hospital Review (registration required), "The average cost of repeated medical care due to inaccurate patient identification with a duplicate record, for example, is roughly $1,950 per inpatient stay." That's a pretty high number — but duplicate medical records also mean your provider receives incomplete or inaccurate medical information about you. Even worse, bad information can be used to make critical medical decisions about patient care.