Kaiser Takes The Cyber Cure

摘要

For years, Kaiser Permanente and most other health-maintenance organizations didn't invest much money in information technology. Instead of using the power of the Internet, they relied on old-fashioned paper records and creaky steel filing cabinets. Even Kaiser, the country's largest HMO and one of the techno-sawy, kept virtually all of its patients' files on paper until two years ago and had to ship them around in fleets of trucks.