WHAT IF OUR DOCTORS REALLY TALKED TO EACH OTHER?

BALTIMORE, Md., Oct. 2 -- The University of Maryland at Baltimore issued the following news release:

In the age of digital records, patients can find themselves repeating the same medical history to their different health care providers.

You have a primary care doctor, maybe a specialist or two, a pharmacist, and other health professionals involved in your care.

But when something changes, you may still find yourself repeating the same medical history, explaining what another doctor told you, or wondering whether anyone has actually talked to anyone else.

Kenneth H. Wong, PhD, works at the intersection of graduate education and the health professions at the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB). He is UMB's vice provost for graduate e...