A Silicon Valley look at the possible benefits of data mining with EMR

Talk of a nationwide electronic medical records system has centered on cost, feasibility and whether it will provide better care.

But there is one potential benefit to such a system that few have talked about: the possibility of mining a massive database of patients, doctors, medical strategies, procedures and prescriptions to rein in costs based on statistics.

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