electronic medical records Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 05 May 2011 15:38:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Electronic Medical Records Could Save U.S. Government $81 Bln/Year and Millions of Tons of CO2 Emissions https://www.greenoptimistic.com/electronic-medical-records-co2-20110505/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/electronic-medical-records-co2-20110505/#respond Thu, 05 May 2011 15:38:54 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=18449 It's a no-brainer that by eliminating paper usage, humanity would considerably reduce carbon dioxide emissions and will slow down deforestation. The health industry is one of the largest CO2 emitters in the U.S. just by the fact that it uses paper to keep medical records. A recent study has revealed that as much as 8 percent of the total U.S. greenhouse emissions could be avoided by transitioning to electronically-stored records.

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