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To: KLP who wrote (296152)3/12/2009 9:42:37 AM
From: DMaA   of 794094
 
The medical center my wife works at (and where I used to work) studied this very carefully. They decided that an EMR would NOT save money, but the added expense was justified because of the improvement to patient care it would facilitate. Eight years experience with their EMR has born this out. It is very expensive and it does improve patient care in many ways.

But again, there are no compelling data to demonstrate that such voluminous documentation translates into better outcomes for their sick patients.

That is short sighted. What an EMR DOES do is help care givers document what works and what doesn't. Over time this will lead to more effective treatment and less wasted money.

On a related subject, my wife reports that people have started missing appointments in droves and have stopped making new appointments. I was over there yesterday. The place was empty.
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