You have no idea what you are talking about. The cost of a EMR is in the millions, which made physicians have to merge with hospitals because they could not afford it.
The EMRs were created by tech companies with minimal input by physicians. EPIC is one company with the biggest share of the EMR market. No matter how much input medical personnel give EPIC in my organization, it still is a clunky mess.
You are an ignorant person, Medical records are much more than a blank page with attachments. They require: orders, labs, future orders, allergies, vital signs , past and future office visits, procedures, billing, nurses notes etc. Hundreds of details that you have no idea of.
Take your jealousy and go back to your trailer park.
“You have no idea what you are talking about.”
It’s possible that, in Bob Dylan’s words, “you’re right from your side and I’m right from mine”.
I’m sometimes a patient. You sound like you’re in the medical industry.
As a patient I see totally outrageous costs (you can’t deny that) and doctors whining about paperwork while getting big paychecks.
You say medical records are much more than a blank page with attachments. I didn’t say that. You simply put down a carelessly incorrect thought.
I said why can’t a medical record be whatever a doctor wants to put in it? Doctors go to medical school for at least six years and see thousands of patients. Shouldn’t they know what to say about a patient after seeing them?
If EMRs (actually, the EMR requirements) were created by tech companies with minimal input by physicians, why weren’t the physicians, as the ones who will produce the EMR content, paying more attention?
My family doctor told me once that he can see a patient and run some tests and pretty much know his condition. Could it be that the monstrous EMR requirements are mainly for lawyers?
Tell me this. When was the last time that the cost to the patient of a medical procedure, drug, or device was reduced?
Physicians don’t like the paperwork but they’re paid too much to be motivated to change the system.
By the way, overall I like America’s medical system but costs need to be brought down. Those inside the medical system will fight cost reductions tooth and nail. This is a tough problem for us deplorables.