EMR non-acceptance

The entire discussion begs the question whether EMRs are desirable in the first place. So far I have see _nothing_ to indicate that EMRs would improve patient care — no studies, no hard data, not even a convincing train of thought.

Does anyone else remember the promises of the “paperless office”?

Cheers,
Felix Kasza.

captcha: “pyeef” — the sound the EMR makes when the hot air is let out.

How ’bout the EMR companies actually make a decent product, that offers interoperability with other systems, that doesn’t require hundreds of hours of staff and professional time to train on, that allows customization for all specialties (delivered when the system goes on line, not vaporware for some time in the future), that doesn’t require ever increasing investments in hardware, that is secure: In short, a decent product?

When that happens, I think that most physicians would adopt an EMR. I know that I would…but not now. Why should I act as a revenue conduit from medicare to EMR bandits?