As criticism mounts over the National Football League’s failure to do enough to prevent repeat head injuries and their lasting cognitive effects, the NFL was expected to announce Monday that the league would convert to an electronic health record system next season with software provided by Westborough-based eClinicalWorks.
Under a 10-year contract, the NFL will pay $7 million to $10 million for a system that would store X-rays, blood test results, physical exam notes, medications — even video clips documenting a game injury — in one online server that players and physicians could access from anywhere in the country.
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Great article Deb. EMR should help independent neurologists such as myself an opportunity to provide second opinions and with telemedicine/teleconcussion we should be able to do this virtually. The technology is available and I have been contacted by a company out of Atlanta to bring this to the professional and other sports teams. Dr. Frank Conidi Director, Florida Center for Headache and Sports Neurology Team Neurologist, Florida Panthers NHL Vice Chair American Academy of Neurology Sports Neurology Section fxneuro@hotmail.com
Great article Deb. EMR should help independent neurologists such as myself an opportunity to provide second opinions and with telemedicine/teleconcussion we should be able to do this virtually. The technology is available and I have been contacted by a company out of Atlanta to bring this to the professional and other sports teams. Dr. Frank Conidi Director, Florida Center for Headache and Sports Neurology Team Neurologist, Florida Panthers NHL Vice Chair American Academy of Neurology Sports Neurology Section fxneuro@hotmail.com