So doctors object .... NOW?
Where were they when it mattered?
they were being called greedy and racist.
BINGO! Where were all the doctors? Obama dressed some people up in white coats and surrounded himself with them at the White House, swearing they were real and they supported Ocare. Never mind that none of us knew one doctor personally who thought Ocare was ethical or would work. But docs are not well-organized. The AMA represents itself and its medical coding contract with the feds, worth hundreds of millions of dollars, not doctors. Still, I agree with you about feeling betrayed by docs who invested money in the electronic medical records systems in order to keep high reimbursements. Well, those docs will learn the feds rarely keep their promises to pay individuals! Reports today talk about how Medicaid cuts are needed because the expanded Medicaid program in the states worked a little TOO expansively.....
Our small ER group fought hard against the electronic medical records when proposed and instituted in our hospital’s emergency room.
The hospital was paid 1 million dollars by the Feds to institute the electronic medical record, and we got to muddle through the nonsense, clicking boxes to try to make a coherent medical record that used to take 5 minutes to write or dictate which now consumes up to half an hour to place into the medical record electronically.
It is an absolute nightmare. Distracts us from thinking about our patients, you know that poor soul on the gurney.
When we complain to the administration their line is, “You’ll get used to it.”
Well, it has been 3 years and I am still not used to it.