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  • NEWS
    KVNF Regional Newscast: May 5, 2022
    Gavin Dahl
    When’s the last time you sent a fax? Medical facilities routinely use antiquated technology to send medical records. Kate Redmond speaks with a CEO who seeks to change that. Plus, Colorado social services are desperately seeking foster parents. Ariel Clinical Services is one of the groups working to solve the problem with offices in Delta and Grand Junction. Gavin Dahl learns more from foster family recruiter Kathy McCoy.
  • U.S. taxpayers have poured $30 billion into funding electronic records systems in hospitals and doctors' offices since 2009. But most of those systems still can't talk to each other, which makes transfer of medical information tough.
    NPR News
    Sharing Patient Records Is Still A Digital Dilemma For Doctors
    Eric Whitney
    There's good news and bad news about electronic medical records. They're now in most doctors' offices — but most doctors still can't easily share them.