Economists Question Savings from Healthcare IT

Amid all the cheerleading and flag waving over EHRs and EMRs, comes a splash of reality for two practioners of the dismal science.
The widespread adoption of electronic prescriptions and electronic
health records may actually increase costs for health providers,
according to economists Robert Reischauer, president of the Urban
Institute, and Eugene Steuerle, a senior fellow from the institute, […]