PIGS FLY: NYTIMES DEMOLISHES CLAIM THAT DIGITAL RECORDS - (A MAJOR COST-CUTTNG FEATURE IN OBAMACARE) - ACTUALLY CUT COSTS

Computerized patient records are unlikely to cut health care costs and may actually encourage doctors to order expensive tests more often, a study published on Monday concludes. 

Modern electronic health records are meant to give doctors an integrated view of a patient’s care, including medical history, treatments, medications and past tests. 

Industry experts have said that electronic health records could generate huge savings — as much as $80 billion a year, according to a RAND Corporation estimate. The promise of cost savings has been a major justification for billions of dollars in federal spending to encourage doctors to embrace digital health records. 

But research published Monday in the journal Health Affairs found that doctors using computers to track tests, like X-rays and magnetic resonance imaging, ordered far more tests than doctors relying on paper records.

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