By: TheresaWillett MDPhD
Thanks for the most apt comparison, Paul! As an avid follower of tech both in and outside of medicine, I am intensely disappointed and even angered by the heavy handed and primitive EMR cartel....
View ArticleBy: PcpMD
Not trying to be a contrarian, but I’m not sure what all of the hubub is about. I work for a large integrated healthcare system that adopted a version of epic for all of its numerous outpatient clinics...
View ArticleBy: Sandra
Thanks for defining what I’m experiencing from my HMO’s customer service and the providers saying that I should be understanding of all the errors in my billing and EMR. Why can’t we have accurate...
View ArticleBy: Molly_Rn
If you are talking about Judith Faulkner’s Epic, I am surprised at the problems and fears. At least in the past Epic was by far the very best EMR out there. Four of us (ED docs and nurses) started an...
View ArticleBy: Chris St. Clair
The key issue here is the demand for interoperability and reportability. Whenever an information system is purchased, the ability to produce outbound data for use by other systems and for reporting...
View ArticleBy: Michael Olesen
I would like to see health care reform include HL7 compliance as well as a requirement for some standardization of interfaces and functionality. I have used Epic and other systems and have similar...
View ArticleBy: BRANDI
Definition of ‘Game Changer’1. A person who is a visionary.2. A company that alters its business strategy and conceives an entirely new business plan. This type of company switches up and forms a new...
View ArticleBy: Nick Sophinos
It goes even farther than Epic “not interested in providing the capability for [their] system to be integrated into other medical record systems.” The are not capable of doing so. They are just too...
View ArticleBy: Barbara Koblinski
Some of the ills of any EMR is clinician training, which is expensive and time consuming. Yes, charting can be burdensome, but major difference in electronic and manual are the ability to seamlessly...
View ArticleBy: Sharon
I believe there is an open source platform at the VA. See the book, Best Care Anywhere by Phillip Longman.
View ArticleBy: Charles Smith
Congress needs to fund an open source platform and mandate that all EMRs use it. Interoperability should be mandatory. Then you would see the free market eliminate proprietary monoliths like Epic.
View ArticleBy: Laura Mitchell
That’s one of the things that really bothers me about electronic medical records. I think it’s called HL7 compliance (with allows systems to interface or communicate) and right now it’s optional, not...
View ArticleBy: Edward Chory
We go live with Epic tomorrow. Good timing. Many annoying aspects. Top 3: lack of communication between systems, no2, focus on documentation for meaningful use and maximizing hospital reimbursement not...
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