The number of deaths caused by lung cancer peaked at 159,292 in 2005 and has since decreased by 2.3 percent to 155,610 in 2014.1. The age-adjusted death rate for lung cancer is higher for men (51.7 per 100,000 persons) than for women (34.7 per 100,000 persons).
MICR readers read text printed with magnetic ink. A MICR reader converts MICR characters into a form the a computer can process. The banking industry almost exclusively uses MICR for check processing. Look at the next check you write or receive for MICR at the bottom of the check. 18. Slide 18
3 However, in spite of pockets of use of EMR since the 1970âs, mostly in government hospitals and a few visionary health institutions, EMR use has not taken off. It is estimated that EMR use is about 20% in the hospital sector in the US (less in Canada) and about 5% in clinics (probably about the same in Canada).In Canada, many large clinics have already implemented these technologies.n fact, a recent study has shown that the major customers for EMRs will not be physicians as they are only small beneficiaries of these systems. Wang et al 15 have estimated that a health care system that implements an EMR will stand to benefit, on average, $86,000 US over 3 years.