A new study from the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University shows “there are some real negatives that come with the positives of EMRs … Everyone has been saying that health IT will save money, but our study and others cast doubt on some of the savings,” explains Assistant Professor Michael Furukawa, one of the study’s authors. “The bottom line is that EMRs do appear to help lower mortality rates at hospitals, but they don’t necessarily help reduce the number of patient medical complications or reduce costs, especially in the area of nursing.”