Electronic Medical Records - The Pros And Cons By: Katt Mollar | Apr 1st 2009 - In this digital age, more and more bulks of information which used to be paper-based, from library catalogues to telephone books, are digitized and stored in a central location for easy access. The idea of EMRs itself started about 40 years ago. However, there is surprisingly a strong resistance against the use of EMRs. Let us take a look at what the proponents and opponents of EMR have to say. Tags:electronic medical records, electronic health records, EMRs, VeriChip, SpyChip, RFIDs, Google Health, Microsoft HealthVault