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Doctors Beware: the Electronic Health Records Debacle May Get Much Worse
americanthinker.com ^ | 5/12/2015 | John R. Graham

Posted on 05/12/2015 8:00:54 AM PDT by rktman

More and more people are having the disturbing experience of seeing their doctors spend more time pecking at a computer keyboard than examining them. The doctors are entering data into their patients’ electronic health records (EHRs) in compliance with federal rules introduced a few years ago.

EHRs drive doctors crazy. Their own experience tells them that electronic recordkeeping interferes with care, by taking time away from patients. In a survey conducted by the Deloitte consulting group, three of four doctors said EHRs are not worth the cost. The influential RAND Corporation, which had long endorsed EHRs, reported in 2013 that they neither saved money nor improved care.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: datacollection; healthrecords; interlopers; medicalrecords; noprivacy
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WHAT! Who could have guessed this would be the case? I try to avoid going to the doc unless absolutely necessary but when I/you do go, how much do we reveal on the never ending forms? And, if, after an "encounter", you don't do any follow ups, does someone "determine" that your failure to do so may indicate some sort of mental health issue? More intrusion than I need.
1 posted on 05/12/2015 8:00:54 AM PDT by rktman
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Gotta get those records setup for chip implant one way or another!


2 posted on 05/12/2015 8:02:00 AM PDT by dware (In 2016, the GOP has 2 choices: CRUZ OR LOSE!)
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To: rktman

ping


3 posted on 05/12/2015 8:04:23 AM PDT by gattaca (Republicans believe every day is July 4, democrats believe every day is April 15. Ronald Reagan)
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My doctor stands across the examining room punching info into his laptop while asking me questions and rarely looking up to make eye contact.

He reminds me of trying to talk to a teenager playing with a smart phone.


4 posted on 05/12/2015 8:05:38 AM PDT by headstamp 2
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I hate to admit it, but the EHR my practice uses is pretty good.

Easy to navigate. Pretty intuitive.

I wait until the patient leaves the room to do the actual chart entry, minus lab orders, prescriptions, etc.


5 posted on 05/12/2015 8:06:36 AM PDT by Gamecock (Why do bad things happen to good people? That only happened once, and He volunteered. R.C. Sproul)
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To: rktman

I can foresee making a zillion dollars solving this problem for them, and I’m JUST THE DAM GUY TO DO IT!


6 posted on 05/12/2015 8:07:03 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Jeb Bush makes John McCain look like Barry Goldwater.)
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After 22 years of military service.....I got ready to retire and processing through and getting a copy of your medical records is necessary. I sat for 30 minutes gazing through 40-odd pages in my folder (I didn’t exactly use a lot of their services over the years). Very little was readable....and I could have written most of it myself (the doc just transcribed what I said I had for a pain or fever).

Maybe the doctors ought to let the patient write their own records input.


7 posted on 05/12/2015 8:07:17 AM PDT by pepsionice
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This is currently happening:

An elderly relative has 21 diagnosis/conditions to deal with. The fedzilla EHR apparantly has a limit of 11 total. During his recent visit, the dr had to arbitrarily delete 10 diagnosis for the EHR upload to fedzilla.

Now, what might be the repercussions of that? Will insurance not cover the deleted conditions? What about medications associated with treatments of the deleted entries?

Clearly, this krap is a mess...


8 posted on 05/12/2015 8:09:08 AM PDT by C210N (When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
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In theory, electronic recordkeeping is a good idea. I see several doctors and in the old days it was difficult for one doctor to get records from another doctor. I also couldn't get my own lab results and I can't tell you how many times paper records were lost. Much easier for me now.

But I do have concerns as to who all has access to these records. Are the death panels going to look at my history and decide I'm too old and sickly to waste valuable resources on?

9 posted on 05/12/2015 8:10:15 AM PDT by fatnotlazy
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“How do you think the secretary will determine quality and value? That’s right: through the use of the EHRs that MACRA envisions in every doctor’s office.”

And that is when I will quit Medicare.


10 posted on 05/12/2015 8:10:23 AM PDT by paterfamilias
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Electronic Health Records ,the Democrats New Campaign Tool


11 posted on 05/12/2015 8:10:44 AM PDT by molson209 (Blank)
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From what I have seen, there are some good electronic medical records systems.

Unfortunately, the majority are bad or awful. (Some of the very worst, IMO, are the ones used by US gov't health care systems and large HMOs.)

12 posted on 05/12/2015 8:13:45 AM PDT by Sooth2222 ("In a democracy people get the leaders they deserve." - Joseph de Maistre, 1753-1821)
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..my Kaiser doctor is more interested in sitting at the keyboard and asking personal family questions and about lifestyle habits from 40 years ago, than actually treating me for why I came into his office.

That crawly feeling on the back of my neck told me that all of these intrusive questions and the cross-referencing databases with DEA and who-knows-what-else is the lengthening shadow of Obamacare.

I now view my HMO as a wing of the Federal government--and will act accordingly...

13 posted on 05/12/2015 8:14:10 AM PDT by WalterSkinner ( In Memory of My Father--WWII Vet and Patriot 1926-2007)
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[Clearly, this krap is a mess...]

Once incorrect data is inserted in the medical record, forget it.


14 posted on 05/12/2015 8:14:28 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever
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To: Sooth2222

Agree. The one we used in the military was just awful.


15 posted on 05/12/2015 8:16:12 AM PDT by Gamecock (Why do bad things happen to good people? That only happened once, and He volunteered. R.C. Sproul)
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I try to go to the doctor every five years or so, just to get out.


16 posted on 05/12/2015 8:19:27 AM PDT by cuban leaf (The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
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To: paterfamilias

The EHR is means by which the Medicare police will fine and imprison physicians.

Determining quality and value will be intentionally capricious and arbitrary and designed to criminalize medicine and fine doctors. I have very little Medicare right now, so I think I will phase out the few left very soon.


17 posted on 05/12/2015 8:19:54 AM PDT by grumpygresh (Democrats & GOPe delenda est. U.S. Federal government = 1930s Nazi gov.)
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To: Gamecock

Thank you for being one of those that understands and still tries to keep your patient’s care at the forefront. Glad your system is working well for you.


18 posted on 05/12/2015 8:20:02 AM PDT by rktman (Served in the Navy to protect the rights of those that want to take some of mine away. Odd, eh?)
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To: Sooth2222

Fortunately my kids are gone and I’m 61. To live is Christ and to die is gain. I don’t go to the doctor except to set broken bones. If I get really sick, I gain...


19 posted on 05/12/2015 8:21:56 AM PDT by cuban leaf (The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
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To: headstamp 2

Perhaps you need to find another doctor———


20 posted on 05/12/2015 8:23:01 AM PDT by basil (2ASisters.org)
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