STORAGE GETS A DOSE OF MEDICAL DATA.

The article focuses on the large storage capacity needed for electronic medical records (EMR). This requirement has had a big impact on information technology (IT). One problem is that a number of healthcare providers are still far from having IT infrastructure, storage and network bandwidth to accommodate the widespread use of EMR. This is further complicated by a confusion in the healthcare industry as to how encompassing a patient's EMR should be, what data should be included and how it is to be designed.