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To the Editor: DesRoches et al. (July 3 issue)¹ describe the low level of adoption of electronic health records by primary care physicians in the United States. In contrast, electronic health records have been widely adopted by primary care and hospital trusts of the National Health Service in the United Kingdom. York Hospital is now using electronic resources to improve communication among health care providers by implementing a prompt (<24 hours), accurate, electronic summary of each patient's hospital discharge.

We recently surveyed local primary care physicians about the hospital's "electronic discharge notification"; 50% of the 81 primary care physicians surveyed . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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