My doc’s been using computers in the exam room for years. Keeps all the info there as well. Nothing new.
Did you read the rest of the article?
My doctor has been doing everything on his computer for a year or so at least. He faxes the prescriptions to the pharmacy for my mom and then we go pick them up about an hour later. So far Medicare has not turned down any of her prescriptions.
Of course doctors have been using regular computers for years. According to this article it wasn't just a computer
It's a computer designed to allow intergration to the new health care system.
If you read the article you will see that it was likely because of the computer that the woman's prescription was denied.