"The electronic medical record is one of the few technologies that has an impact on both the physician office and administrative aspects of the practice. The business case for EMR is based not only on its ability to lower costs, increase revenue and improve the efficiency and operation of a practice, but also on its role as a tool to enhance the quality of services provided. Additional benefits can accrue when the system is fully integrated with the scheduling and billing functions of the practice."

Committee on Rheumatolologic Care (CORC) of the American College of Rheumatology, 2002

"Money is saved by using electronic medical records; not just the cost of paper and file folders, but the cost of labor and space, too. In any business, time equals money. The efficiencies created by simply typing a few identifying keystrokes to retrieve a patient's record -- as opposed to staring at thousands of file folders, filing and refiling them -- saves a doctor's practice or a hospital many thousands of dollars. That's even taking the cost of the electronic system into account"

Trisha Torrey, The Benefits of Electronic Medical Records, About.com February 2008