tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076839327674215825.post2278363960372931139..comments2024-03-27T05:14:34.288-04:00Comments on Medinnovation And Health Reform: Health Reform No-No’s, The Case of EHRsRichard L. Reece, MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03446550629857699574noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076839327674215825.post-46249383669327554652011-02-10T17:45:59.930-05:002011-02-10T17:45:59.930-05:00The collection of lab results, imaging reports, de...The collection of lab results, imaging reports, delivered to the doctor while he is seeing the patient is about the only good thing about EMRs.Gary M. Levinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16205704913440150198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076839327674215825.post-27238732346987119662011-02-10T08:06:42.905-05:002011-02-10T08:06:42.905-05:00Tom, thank you so much for your comments. I'm...Tom, thank you so much for your comments. I'm glad you like EHRs. They seem to work with large organizations, but not for small practices. As for government being the problem as "trite," there is an element of truth in that. The comment dates back to Reagan who is now not considered to have been a "trite" president. The problem is that a benevolent, paternalistic government supplying all of our needs is too expensive. too inefficient, and too intrusive. Maybe there is a "common ground." I certainly hope so.Richard L. Reece, MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03446550629857699574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076839327674215825.post-36642476292882165802011-02-09T23:17:01.406-05:002011-02-09T23:17:01.406-05:00Oh, Yeah. I forgot to mention your comment abt go...Oh, Yeah. I forgot to mention your comment abt government being the problem, not the solution, is repeated so many times by you and the GOP pols it is becoming pretty trite.FRIEND TOM HARDIN againnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076839327674215825.post-82372033639473096812011-02-09T23:05:16.898-05:002011-02-09T23:05:16.898-05:00Richard, as a patient I like EHRs. Most of my man...Richard, as a patient I like EHRs. Most of my many docs are associated with Barnes Jewish here in St Louis. They all can go to their computers while I am with them to see comments, lab test results, other pertinent entries by my other docs. I suspect the letters I receive from them after my visits and with test results are made much easier by the EHRs (the picture of my colon after the colonoscopy is especially exciting--ha). My eye docs at St Louis Univ Eye Center, to whom I was referred by my neighborhood eye center, must rely on information in a folder that is at least three inches thick. And Friday I'm to visit an oral surgeon who is affiliated with another hospital chain and to whom I was referred by my dentist. I'm thinking it would be nicer to hv my records on one system as a joint effort of the three systems. That's probably a long time from now, however.FRIEND, TOM HARDINnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076839327674215825.post-88698482508504422872011-02-09T19:48:57.532-05:002011-02-09T19:48:57.532-05:00I don't understand your gist. If you're sa...I don't understand your gist. If you're saying I'm for bottom-up entrepreneurship rather than top-down regulations and control. you're absolutely correct. Government is the problem not the solution.Richard L. Reece, MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03446550629857699574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076839327674215825.post-55104940835565787602011-02-09T17:07:08.908-05:002011-02-09T17:07:08.908-05:00'Language is important. “No outcome, no income...'Language is important. “No outcome, no income” sounds like a threat.'<br />___<br /><br />No, it sounds more like the Free Market <i>Uber Alles</i> Economics 101 you otherwise take such great repetitive delight in exhorting.BobbyGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03807934795994985233noreply@blogger.com