Re:HIPAA’s New Rules Reach Far Beyond Healthcare Providers
by specialist on Friday February 01, 2013 @02:39PM
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There's historically been three hurdles to EHR adoption.
Doctors make purchasing decisions. They're very conservative. Younger doctors embrace the computers. So it's just a matter of the old guard retiring.
Who pays? A paper medical record is fine for a clinical practice. Electronic records are good for interchange. But that doesn't help the doctor or the hospital. The early adopter hospitals of our RHIO system were motivated by attracting their area doctors, so used our system as a loss leader to encourage admissions.
EHRs suck. Huge. Imagine a whole universe of suckage and multiple it by infinite suckage. They're expensive, super complicated, and have no ROI. If it weren't for the federal push for electronic medical records, the carrot of block grants and "meaningful use" stick to punish non-participants, no one would adopt an EHR without a business case.
Doctors make purchasing decisions. They're very conservative. Younger doctors embrace the computers. So it's just a matter of the old guard retiring.
Who pays? A paper medical record is fine for a clinical practice. Electronic records are good for interchange. But that doesn't help the doctor or the hospital. The early adopter hospitals of our RHIO system were motivated by attracting their area doctors, so used our system as a loss leader to encourage admissions.
EHRs suck. Huge. Imagine a whole universe of suckage and multiple it by infinite suckage. They're expensive, super complicated, and have no ROI. If it weren't for the federal push for electronic medical records, the carrot of block grants and "meaningful use" stick to punish non-participants, no one would adopt an EHR without a business case.