http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/10/emrs-not-ready-for-prime-time.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/10/emrs-not-ready-for-prime-time.html#comment-87513 jb Sun, 05 Oct 2008 15:06:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/10/emrs-not-ready-for-prime-time.html#comment-87513 Two points, Kevin-<br/>The VA EMR may or may not be good-to-go, but what works in the VA, where docs are paid by the hour/day/month and not by the encounter, will not work in the fee for service private sector, where earnings are dictated by how many bullet points can be documented to generate a 9921x CPT code.<br/>Your article did not mention the often noted straw man that docs are technophobic traditionalists, but I have seen it elsewhere in articles bemoaning our profession's reluctance to get with it and join the tech revolution. What is not noted by these folks is how quickly docs have moved to use technology where it really works- in imaging. It started in hospitals, but now even private medical offices are buying and using digital imaging systems because it saves time and money. We use technology when it works for us, not just for its own sake. Two points, Kevin-
The VA EMR may or may not be good-to-go, but what works in the VA, where docs are paid by the hour/day/month and not by the encounter, will not work in the fee for service private sector, where earnings are dictated by how many bullet points can be documented to generate a 9921x CPT code.
Your article did not mention the often noted straw man that docs are technophobic traditionalists, but I have seen it elsewhere in articles bemoaning our profession’s reluctance to get with it and join the tech revolution. What is not noted by these folks is how quickly docs have moved to use technology where it really works- in imaging. It started in hospitals, but now even private medical offices are buying and using digital imaging systems because it saves time and money. We use technology when it works for us, not just for its own sake.

]]> http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/10/emrs-not-ready-for-prime-time.html#comment-87502 Anonymous Fri, 03 Oct 2008 23:51:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/10/emrs-not-ready-for-prime-time.html#comment-87502 The EMRs I have had contact with are beyond atrocious. Not to mention a medical-legal potential nightmare. The EMRs I have had contact with are beyond atrocious. Not to mention a medical-legal potential nightmare.

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