Today's Debate: Tipping point for electronic medical records?

Have we finally reached the tipping point for electronic medical records, where the momentum becomes great enough that mass adoption becomes inevitable? (Picture from Bradford Billing, a medical EMR company.)

Canadian EMR believes so, and for evidence offers this from eHealth Insider in Europe.

"The Irish Government is planning to commit almost half a billion Euros of investment to e-health when it publishes its National Development Plan for health.

OK, that's over five years. But we're talking about serious money here. We're talking about Ireland putting about $135 million each year into moving its health records online, and in computerizing hospitals, clinics, and doctors' offices.

Serious money.

So, is resistance now futile?