tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post206266094316538334..comments2024-03-28T01:27:23.408-04:00Comments on Health Care Renewal: 21st century EMR experiments: messing around with people's lives in a broke city, while not having a clue what you're doingRoy M. Poses MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00497209843184497847noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-34224338022816095832010-10-22T10:49:13.957-04:002010-10-22T10:49:13.957-04:00Here's my take. Enjoy! http://bit.ly/cQzffSHere's my take. Enjoy! http://bit.ly/cQzffSMichael Kirsch, M.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07555280388086931097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-91873700246401794112010-10-21T22:44:50.408-04:002010-10-21T22:44:50.408-04:00Its the same old story Scott, 50 people (or more) ...Its the same old story Scott, 50 people (or more) can shout down one person who tells it like it is.<br /><br />To the observer, it seems like the 50 people must be right. <br /><br />Its a by-product of our politically correct culture where truth is trumped by perception.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-35797657669796120452010-10-21T12:05:49.557-04:002010-10-21T12:05:49.557-04:00Some anonymous commenter at Histalk actually refer...Some anonymous commenter at Histalk actually referenced my October 20, 2010 9:05:00 AM EDT HC Renewal comment (above) <a href="http://histalk2.com/2010/10/18/histalk-interviews-leland-babitch-cmio-detroit-medical-center/#comment-11879" rel="nofollow">at this Histalk link</a>. See Histalk comment #19.<br /><br />He or she writes:<br /><br /><i>Dr. Silverstein writes in a comment to his own blog InformaticsMDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03994321680366572701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-83038327172478076352010-10-20T16:14:25.760-04:002010-10-20T16:14:25.760-04:00If the devices were any good, doctors would use th...If the devices were any good, doctors would use them. The same refrain: they require work arounds to make them safe, they waste time, and there is no proof of improved overall outcomes. Blumenthal has become a politician and has ignored the Oath he took upon becoming a physician, as did the CMIO at Detroit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-12551862289981988542010-10-20T09:05:16.369-04:002010-10-20T09:05:16.369-04:00Granted, many doctors don't make it easy for I...<i>Granted, many doctors don't make it easy for IT people to work with them and many IT people don't make it easy for doctors to work with them.</i><br /><br />To a degree. It must be remembered that the relationship is not symmetric as IT personnel are not liable for patient injury or death.<br /><br />Perhaps they should be.<br /><br />Finally, in my own experience as a CMIO at a 1000+InformaticsMDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03994321680366572701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-89009759002253816192010-10-20T03:35:11.509-04:002010-10-20T03:35:11.509-04:00I concur that far too many are still suffering fro...I concur that far too many are still suffering from this same problem. Granted, many doctors don't make it easy for IT people to work with them and many IT people don't make it easy for doctors to work with them. However, bridging that divide is absolutely essential to the success of any HIT projects like these.John Lynnhttp://www.emrandhipaa.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-7310732069243805532010-10-19T20:33:01.919-04:002010-10-19T20:33:01.919-04:00Like a voice in the wilderness you are.Like a voice in the wilderness you are.Live it or live with itnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-54469819607111475562010-10-19T19:16:57.774-04:002010-10-19T19:16:57.774-04:00The CPOE disaster in Detroit is just coming to lig...The CPOE disaster in Detroit is just coming to light, 7 years late. Why was it covered up for so long? Does Neal Patterson know?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com