Not mentioned is the ease of hacking into hospital files. Facilitating making medical records available to criminals is one more obscene element of the new health care. Plus as stated the time taken by doctors doing something other than treating their patients. It is shocking that so many of the nations doctors remain silent and accept these abuses of their profession.
[From article]
This is another reason for doctors to shun Medicare. The electronic medical records requirements have been a disaster for many physicians in small and solo practices, particularly. Instead of saving time and money, they impose new burdens. One physician in solo practice I know has had to add a half-time staff member to cope with the extra work. And the need to stare at a computer and fill in boxes and blanks while talking to patients disrupts the close communication between doctor and patient necessary for sound diagnosis. Instead of looking intently at the patient, the physician must look at the computer while proceeding down a checklist.
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This is an excellent way to degrade the quality of medical care Americans receive.
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2014/12/doctors_to_get_medicare_pay_cut_if_they_dont_meaningfully_use_electronic_medical_records.html
December 19, 2014
Doctors to get Medicare pay cut if they don't 'meaningfully' use electronic medical records
By Thomas Lifson
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