"Virtually all businesses in the U.S. information technology to help increase efficiency - Bush said. - But, unfortunately, this did not prosihodit in medicine. We are new dasgs that save our lives, but doctors are still write history out of the hand. "

funds for computerization of hospitals, the U.S. government plans to allocate for the current year. If Bush's initiative to support the Congress, funding programs for 2005 will amount to U.S. $ 100 million - twicemorethan envisaged at the moment.

Experts estimate that from 50 to 100,000 U.S. residents die annually from medical errors. These errors including those associated with the conduct of medical records on paper. The introduction of a single standard electronic health records across the country will help doctors at any time to obtain detailed information about a particular patient, and immediately find the optimal treatment.