James McGauley, M.D.

A consistently available record would allow PCPs to provide patients with a top quality medical home.

How a Coordinated Medical Record system could be implemented.

Implementing a new record system could put more emphasis on quality of care.

The seventh in a series on a hypothetical CMR system to fix American healthcare.

Part six in an ongoing series on the concept of a Coordinated Record System by James McGauley, M.D.

Fifth in an ongoing series proposing CMR model based on credit-card industry.

Billions of dollars are at stake. It’s time for leading physician organizations and forward-thinking employer groups to collaborate.

But a Coordinated Medical Record system could help solve critical financial and clinical problems.

A look inside a new and innovative approach to healthcare information technology.

A neurosurgeon, entrepreneur and medical records committee veteran explains its definition, rationale and implications.