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Re:OpenEMR: Electronic Medical Records and Medical Practice ... by Spooky23 on Thursday March 16, 2017 @09:38PM (#13890669)
I don't see why any physician implements an EMR. My family doctor, who was part of a midsize practice was punished hard by adopting a system. They did it in 2007 thinking they would save money... which didn't happen as they were only able to eliminate 1/4 clerk positions and had to pick up an IT guy and a consultant. Then they really got the shaft when the solution they chose wasn't meeting Medicare guidelines. They ended up getting another system that is worse.

Now they got swallowed up by a regional medical system and have yet another EMR, plus they have 6 clerical staff versus 3 and whatever outsourcer handles IT for the hospital system.

My other doctor friend is a ophamologist. It's a small practice with 3 full time and 1 part time doctor. They pay the fine every year for not having an EMR and use paper and have a standalone system for sending prescriptions. He is enormously happy with paper and feels that's it better in every way, including cost. I agree -- I see zero value in the EMR systems.

Re:OpenEMR: Electronic Medical Records and Medical Practice ... by nickpsecurity on Thursday March 16, 2017 @10:25PM (#13890874)
I saw one system that seemed like a must have: apps that ensure you got the prescription right. Paper-loving doctors screwing up prescriptions harms a lot of patients. Especially when they insist on writing in cursive.

Much of your post seems to be about bad tech, though. It could mostly be mitigated with a supplier that gave a shit.

Re:OpenEMR: Electronic Medical Records and Medical Practice ... by Spooky23 on Friday March 17, 2017 @07:16AM (#13893072)
Prescriptions ordered electronically seems to be the only thing that is an improvement.

Everything else is not only bad IT, but ruins your interactions because the medicinal person is bent over a laptop.

Re:OpenEMR: Electronic Medical Records and Medical Practice ... by gm-conspiracy on Friday March 17, 2017 @08:23AM (#13893393)
Also sounds like a shitty pharmacist and pharmacy tech.
Re:OpenEMR: Electronic Medical Records and Medical Practice ... by nickpsecurity on Friday March 17, 2017 @09:20AM (#13893685)
I'm not going that far. What I read implied it was either a mental slip or illegible writing. Some of the drug names look similar when they're written in chicken scratch.
Re:OpenEMR: Electronic Medical Records and Medical Practice ... by icantdrive55 on Friday March 17, 2017 @02:53AM (#13892084)
I'm just a patient, but I see the advantage to paper.

1. Once it's on your digital record--it's vunerable to hackers, or staff sending a patient's information off without their consent--with a tired swipe, or send key.

2. Once a doctor knows you have been on a potentially addictive drug, or had a problem in the past with addiction, or theses days; self medication, good luck trying to get relief from future pain.(pain=physical, and emotional.) About a year ago I went to a hospital with a case of shingles that looked twice as bad as those commercials on t.v. The staff looked at my record, and I could tell they were concerned about something. Yes--I'm on a low dose of a benzodiazepine. They didn't even bring up pain medication. I didn't even ask, but the pain was bad. Here's a script for 3 10mgs of predisone. I walked out of the emergency room with a prognosis of Anxiety on that stapled care instructions. I was so misserable, I didn't care. They mixed up my record with the guy next to my bed.

3. A compassionate/caring doctor will sometimes write things on paper they wouldn't on a electronic document. In the ninties, my long retired family doctor asked me if I tested positive for the AID's virus, he would put the results in sub-script writing only he would know. He was protecting me from being denied insurance.

4. I thought electronic medical records would be available for patients online. I don't know if patients can access them, nor care anymore. I'm so tired of the system, I just don't care much anymore.