Comments on: A formula to help Congress with health care costs http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/09/formula-congress-health-care-costs.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: MichiganDrHhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/09/formula-congress-health-care-costs.html#comment-113114 MichiganDrH Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:22:34 +0000 http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/?p=40342#comment-113114 Dr. Gibson wrote: "....With modern computerization of financial records, there is no excuse for efficiency of benefit administration to be less than 97%..."In our experience EMR and electronic billing has increased provider "paperwork" hours. The reasons for this are manifold. Before EMR our providers saw 22 patients per 12 hour work day. Now they average 18 patients - even after increasing their average work day to 14 hours.Like many technologies, EMR sounds great, but is fraught with systemic time-robbing inefficiencies. Dr. Gibson wrote: “….With modern computerization of financial records, there is no excuse for efficiency of benefit administration to be less than 97%…”

In our experience EMR and electronic billing has increased provider “paperwork” hours. The reasons for this are manifold. Before EMR our providers saw 22 patients per 12 hour work day. Now they average 18 patients – even after increasing their average work day to 14 hours.

Like many technologies, EMR sounds great, but is fraught with systemic time-robbing inefficiencies.

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