Even now, hospitals are slow to adopt.
Using a recent survey of U.S. hospitals, we found that the share of hospitals that had adopted either basic or comprehensive electronic records has risen modestly, from 8.7 percent in 2008 to 11.9 percent in 2009. Small, public, and rural hospitals were less likely to embrace electronic records than their larger, private, and urban counterparts.I recognize that hospitals have instituted some computerized records earlier than they instituted electronic medical notes, but in 1961 most records were still on paper. The earliest I could find was 1967. If you know something about the original Kapiolani hospital being a very early adopter, please cite. You may also find this computer timeline helpful.
Mechanics aside.
The records are there. It’s what governments do.
Now whether individuals with the government share those records, or lose those records, or change those records is another question.
We’re talking about Obama, after all.
His shit just keeps disappearing!