Analysts say one of the biggest obstacles to industry-wide adoption is system incompatibility.
Here is an article from the American Medical News about the growing number of patients that are browsing for second opinions . There are now Internet sites that offer to review cases without examining the patient. This new company will compete with several other Internet companies, including WebMD, which is also a major partner of Microsoft. Here is a three-year history of WebMD's stock price . WebMD now owns Medical Manager , which provides dialysis billing software for major dialysis providers.