tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post8986474044644401340..comments2024-03-28T01:27:23.408-04:00Comments on Health Care Renewal: EHRs and test ordering: Health Affairs authors reply to ONCRoy M. Poses MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00497209843184497847noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-33226223673308938282012-04-16T06:53:04.472-04:002012-04-16T06:53:04.472-04:00Though our nation's economy has recently lost ...Though our nation's economy has recently lost millions of jobs, the health care industry has continued to add them. Not surprisingly, unions are eager to sign up health care workers. In the last 10 years, the rate of union wins in the health care industry has grown faster than the national average. Unions are uniting to lobby for labor-friendly legislation to promote increased union Kavinacehttp://www.evitalhealth.com/Kavinace_60.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-73224486737287922842012-03-18T12:38:50.056-04:002012-03-18T12:38:50.056-04:00Anonymous March 16, 2012 10:40:00 PM EDT writes:
...Anonymous March 16, 2012 10:40:00 PM EDT writes:<br /><br /><i>To the PCP CEO, I am not aware of any material improvements in EHRs and CPOE in the past five years. The devices remain as user unfriendly as ever. The fact remains that these devices have not been subjected to safety and efficacy evaluations</i><br /><br />The PCP CEO has had adequate time to respond to my questions.<br /><br />No InformaticsMDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03994321680366572701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-63256020608226592882012-03-16T22:40:21.246-04:002012-03-16T22:40:21.246-04:00To the PCP CEO,
I am not aware of any material im...To the PCP CEO,<br /><br />I am not aware of any material improvements in EHRs and CPOE in the past five years. The devices remain as user unfriendly as ever. The fact remains that these devices have not been subjected to safety and efficacy evaluations and the sea chit certification ignores safety.<br /> <br />I have always thought that PCPs would like these devices since they seem to be more Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-12526031759440237232012-03-16T20:06:19.406-04:002012-03-16T20:06:19.406-04:00I took interest in Dr Purini's unsubstantiated...I took interest in Dr Purini's unsubstantiated statements. I see many changes caused by EHRs and few if any have improved patient care. <br /><br />They waste a lot of professional time. Conversations are vapid. All I hear at nurses' stations now is stuff like how do I enter the stool volume in the EHR and the like. It used to be, Dr. X, please help me with this arrhythmia.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-60137882210188471162012-03-16T19:31:11.947-04:002012-03-16T19:31:11.947-04:00Dear Dr. Puerini,
Thank you for your comments.
Y...Dear Dr. Puerini,<br /><br />Thank you for your comments.<br /><br />You state:<br /><br /><i>EHRs have changed dramatically in the past four years...When hospitals, primary-care physicians and specialists start communicating with each other through their EHRs, the savings will be huge."</i><br /><br />"Changed dramatically" is a strong assertion. "Will be" is even InformaticsMDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03994321680366572701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-81946217289708130802012-03-16T16:12:50.087-04:002012-03-16T16:12:50.087-04:00Healthcare Business News
Mostashari is right on
...Healthcare Business News<br /> <br />Mostashari is right on<br /><br />Posted: March 16, 2012<br /> <br />Regarding "EHR study authors slam Mostashari response":<br /><br />I completely agree with Dr. Mostashari. The only "deeply flawed evidence" is what the researchers used to come to their study conclusions. To say that electronic health-record systems vendors' "Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-35335724916540189602012-03-15T23:21:03.676-04:002012-03-15T23:21:03.676-04:00The evidence supporting HIT devices is indeed thin...The evidence supporting HIT devices is indeed thin. That this experiment has been allowed to continue is not acceptable. <br /><br />The HHS has shirked its responsibility. The FDA has not enforced the Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act.<br /><br />The propaganda from the HIT industry and financially conflicted leaders enable the scandal to continue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-26601961051720212032012-03-15T16:04:59.025-04:002012-03-15T16:04:59.025-04:00their response is a masterpiece
Agreed. More aca...<i>their response is a masterpiece</i><br /><br />Agreed. More academics need to take a stand for rigorous science in health IT.<br /><br />We need true evidence-based computing before computing can "transform" medicine.InformaticsMDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03994321680366572701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-28893676613807835262012-03-15T15:03:33.234-04:002012-03-15T15:03:33.234-04:00Um, their response is a masterpiece.
Not that I d...Um, their response is a masterpiece.<br /><br />Not that I don't like yours as well Scot, but um, a masterpiece theirs is none the less.Afraidnoreply@blogger.com