http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/09/disconnect-between-it-and-healthcare.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/09/disconnect-between-it-and-healthcare.html#comment-67334 Gasman Sat, 23 Sep 2006 23:30:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/09/the-disconnect-between-it-and-healthcare-providers.html#comment-67334 The idea of computers at the bedside is tantalizing. Problem is the computers are anywhere but where the patients are. Computerized records have the completely forseeable, but unapreciated (by management) effect of pulling providers away from the patients. There is a zero sum proposition here; every minute spent at a terminal is a minute that is not providing patient oriented care. The idea of computers at the bedside is tantalizing. Problem is the computers are anywhere but where the patients are. Computerized records have the completely forseeable, but unapreciated (by management) effect of pulling providers away from the patients. There is a zero sum proposition here; every minute spent at a terminal is a minute that is not providing patient oriented care.

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