What Ms. Malkin does not address in this article is something far more insidious: in order to collect the $44,000 in incentive payments for installing an EMR program, providers must comply with certain requirements, including the requirement to send data on Medicare and Medicaid patients to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services in Rockville, Maryland. This is not discretionary: providers are required to use EMR systems approved by CMS, systems that tie into the CMS system and send data to CMS. So much for patient privacy, eh?
I wish I could have designed the medical records system. Mine would have been a simple place where doctors could have dumped data. Some formatting so searching would be feasible. Not mandatory. I’d want it to be simple and appealing enough that doctors would choose to use it.
Alternatively, a major consumer website designer like Amazon or Ebay (or Nintendo?) could undoubtedly have designed something that would be user friendly.
Seems like government always becomes more of a nuisance and threat.
Accompanied my elderly aunt to a cardiovascular surgeon .... the doc (considered a good one) came in with his laptop, all but cursing, trying to get her info on it. I think he looked up at her a couple of times. The nurse had warned us that he would also have to do a brief exam - the government 'required it' in addition to the followup on her condition that he would normally do. He was in a foul temper to start with so the appointment started out rocky and didn't get much better. My mom also had an appointment this week and her doc came in carrying a laptop & trying to get her info on it & up-to-date .... this doc wasn't a happy camper either.
Obamacare means that your doctor will be selected by the lowest bidder as a cost-saving measure.
Your option of Dr.Frank Burns or Dr. Benny Boom Bah.