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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (11482)	11/18/2009 11:35:25 AM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

So, then, right now the place to start is with the standards. Then the edge doesn't bleed as much. I agree with this. Standards are evolving but aren't quite there yet. How about the time spent flipping through the patient's folder and not finding the key information or taking forever to find it. Yes, this is a component of cost, obviously. I have no idea what the actual savings might be. The EMR systems have a certain amount of that, as well and a very tough learning curve for those docs who aren't computer-savvy. I really think that's a big part of the problem. I can tell you that fully half the docs I work with have almost no exposure to computers. Many don't even use email or the web. While these guys may take the government money, whether they will be willing to actually interact with the system (without a go-between) is really in doubt.