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UPDATE ON ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS
Today’s LEGAL MEDICINE blog puts a renewed spotlight on the benefits of electronic medical records . It discusses a new study in the “Archives of Internal Medicine” that suggests that converting to such a system may help to curtail medical malpractice .
In local news, the GOTHAMIST notes that the family of an elderly Queens woman who was burned to death after a gas fireball exploded in her home has settled its negligence case against Con Ed for $3.75 Million dollars. Details are provided in today’s DAILY NEWS.