Little-Discussed Fact about EHRs - MT Posted: Jun 21st, 2016 - 1:30 pm
A few docs have talked with me about this, but not many. And the general public has NO IDEA about this stuff.
A doc spends on average 3 to 4 minutes dictating on the average patient visit. That same doc spends 12 to 15 minutes fooling around with the EHR, checking boxes, swiping, and revising. So, the highest-paid guy in the practice is wasting his education doing clerical work. That is a waste of valuable resources and cuts into his time which could be spent seeing more patients. We have a doctor shortage, remember?
Another aspect of EHRs that nobody is talking about is REPORTING. Your info is transmitted directcly to the feds, AND it is specifically identified to YOU. In the past, country health departments and other agencies collected data in aggregate, which was then submitted to the federal government. Now the feds know ALL ABOUT YOU, from your BMI to smoking history to how many abortions you have had. Coupled with the new reg requiring docs to ask depressed patients if they own and gun and, if so, where they keep it, the Big-Brother-on-steroids picture is quite clear.
EHR is here to stay, but everyone needs to know what's going on.
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