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Our medical group started using eClinicalWorks about 4 years ago, one of the few good EMR's. And for me it saves time, and it also helps make me more money. Not rich, but a good enough amount to keep taking on Medicare patients, and staying in business. But I am the exception, maybe because I have used Dragon dictation for so long. Most docs don't seem to do so well.
Small scale implementations work so much better than when large corporations decide to jump in bed with a vendor and try to apply all the project management and corporate information factory nonsense.
Lean, slim, buy what you need and do so at a lower price. In your case, and the other smaller practice, it shows how properly implemented and TAILORED/RIGHT-SIZE software can indeed be beneficial. Corporate behemoths don't do any of that, and they end up blowing through vast sums of money and waste lots of time finding out that top down, all encompassing project management dooms them to overspend and fail.
I assume you only pay cash for everything you buy?
I have no problem with information being used to improve healthcare in this country.
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I sure am glad my medical records are easily moved from Dr. to Dr.~~best thing that's happened in healthcare in years. Not everyone likes being restrained to one Dr. because he controls your records. Getting your record to in front of another Dr. when you become sick hundreds of miles from home can save lives and has probably saved mine.
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Electronic medical records is a good thing. As someone who used to audit medical records, I can tell you that there were many instances of paper being lost or misfiled, and when you wanted to transfer from one doc to another it could be a nightmare getting all your records. Welcome to the 21st century.
Let's see.....
Ad Hoc Rescue Psychologically, it is understandable that you would try to rescue a cherished belief from trouble
Avoiding the Issue A reasoner who is supposed to address an issue but instead goes off on a tangent is properly accused of using the fallacy of avoiding the issue.
Group Think A reasoner uses the group think fallacy if he or she substitutes pride of membership in the group for reasons to support the group’s policy.
Irrelevant Conclusion The conclusion that is drawn is irrelevant to the premises; it misses the point.
Rationalization We rationalize when we inauthentically offer reasons to support our claim.
Selective Attention Improperly focusing attention on certain things and ignoring others.
Suppressed Evidence Intentionally failing to use information suspected of being relevant and significant is committing the fallacy of suppressed evidence. This fallacy usually occurs when the information counts against one’s own conclusion.
...you guys hit the jack-pot.
Too bad your apologist mentality doesn't permit you to address the actual topic.
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Don't confuse people with facts. They only know one thing--anything proposed by a Democrat=BAD. That's about as complicated a thought process as they can handle.
It's a fact that the federal government has no need for your medical records.
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LOL. You certainly are all "gun hoe" about right wing conspiracy theories, even if your posts are rarely rooted in reality. Thanks for the laugh.
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At that point it becomes conspiracy theories, and I just find that laughable, but it is hard to convince people of that when they are in fear of everything.
So, um, the Tuskegee Syphilis Study is a "conspiracy theory."
Got it.
The cold-blooded murder of more than 89 Americans at a US hospital is a "conspiracy theory."
Got it.
"VA adherence to the DOD "no exposures" doctrine, often in the face of compelling clinical evidence to the contrary, could be viewed as Department-wide medical malpractice. -- Honorable Jesse Brown, Secretary of Veteran Affairs
[underlined emphasis mine]
The "no exposures" doctrine is a "conspiracy theory."
Got it.
You both need to do a Reality-Check.
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Do you people even read? Please explain why these agencies:
Federal Trade Commission, The Federal Communications Commission, The Department of Labor, The National Science Foundation, The Food and Drug Administration, The Department of Justice, The Department of Education...
I remember the Hildabeast saying that medical students would not be able to choose their own specialty under her plan. Doctors would only be licensed based on the needs of the community. You would not be able to go into private practice and make a fortune doing cosmetic procedures.
Don't forget the reduction in specialists and the over-emphasis on general practitioners causing higher death rates for Americans.
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Prior to the ACA a majority of states allowed insurers to discriminate against those with pre-existing conditions. Most states had a defined look back period that varied state to state. One state, Indiana, had no defined limit of look back. A 25 year old Cancer diagnosis could disqualify someone from future insurance. The ACA eliminated discrimination on the basis of prior or current health situations.
That is not discrimination.
That is risk-analysis.
The rates for auto, home-owner's, renter's, business, life, casualty, fire, E&O insurance are all based on prior claims activity.
Why would health insurance be any different?
More to the point, it was the American Hospital Association and the State and federal government who created and coerced employer-based groups instead of allowing such groups to exist out-side of employment, resulting in Americans being forced to change health plan providers against their will.
Don't blame "health insurance" companies for something your own freaking government and the American Hospital Association did.
Small scale implementations work so much better than when large corporations decide to jump in bed with a vendor and try to apply all the project management and corporate information factory nonsense.
Lean, slim, buy what you need and do so at a lower price. In your case, and the other smaller practice, it shows how properly implemented and TAILORED/RIGHT-SIZE software can indeed be beneficial. Corporate behemoths don't do any of that, and they end up blowing through vast sums of money and waste lots of time finding out that top down, all encompassing project management dooms them to overspend and fail.
Our hospital still has their home-grown proprietary mess. I actually quit the hospital 2 years ago since it took 10 minutes to log in. If I could even log in. I had little remaining hospital duties anyway after the hospitalists came in. There's a meeting today and scuttlebutt is that they are to move to a much faster fingerprint ID/login system.
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