The Missouri Senate takes a step toward updating medical records technology.
Sarah Smithies has more from the State Capitol.
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Pharmacies might see a change in the way they access patients' medical records.
The Senate heard a measure Wednesday to create a fund to transfer Missourians' medical records from paper to an electronic form.
Senator Charlie Shields, the bill's sponsor, says he hopes the measure will aid Missourians in "underserved areas."
"Probably the greatest opportunities out there are in two places: they're in the urban core and they're in rural Missouri.
I mean, that's where we need a lot of this technology built in."
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The measure called for a quarter of the funds created to be dedicated to technological upgrades in urban and rural areas.
From Jefferson City, I'm Sarah Smithies.
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Missourians' medical records might experience a technological upgrade.
Sarah Smithies has more from the State Capitol.
The state Senate heard a measure that would fund updating medical records electronically Wednesday. The bill's sponsor, Senator Charlie Shields, says the measure will focus on assisting residents of rural communities.
"We probably don't need to spend a lot of money to update the software on the computers at Walgreen's, but we need to update the computers and the information in the local drugstore."
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One quarter of the funds would go toward updating technology in both urban and rural communities.
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