The adoption of electronic health records has saved hospitals a small amount of money on ambulatory health costs, but hasn't necessarily reduced overall costs.

That's the finding from a study in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Researchers said using electronic health records can reduce the costs of outpatient care slightly, by roughly 3 percent, compared to relying on traditional paper records.

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