A lot can go wrong with paper medical records - just ask Kathy Morris, a nurse and staff development director at Golden Empire Convalescent Home. Important data gets buried in old files. Nurses get distracted and don't communicate information at shift changes.Illegible handwriting? It's enough to make her cringe.Morris firmly believes electronic medical records - shared instantaneously among doctors through a countywide network just getting off the ground - will change all that."That kind of speed is incredible compared to what we had," Morris said. "It brings the level of care up."Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital is spearheading a $1.3 million …











