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Effects of EMR on MTs - shelly

Posted: Feb 01, 2010

I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts about what effect physicians having to go EMR will have on us in the future as MTs. Do you think this will make our jobs obsolete?

According to exactly what you are talking about - my hospital acct went there years ago

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and no change whatsoever.

INDIA is making our jobs obsolete. - nm - Zircon

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India's not taking our work -- American greed is handing it to them. - nm

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nm

You got that right! nm - nm

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Then maybe they should get paid American rates. - nm

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With the advent of VR, they're just about the same now. - NM

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nm

They work for a fraction of what America does - is why they have our jobs

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nm

EMR - just me

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With the trouble we have understanding ESLs, how the heck can people in another country comprehend anything ?? I've been at this for 25 years and I don't get it.. I think we are all being sold out to the mighty dollar !

yes, offshoring is - anon

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making our jobs obsolete, not necessarily EMR. I type for a teaching hospital using EMR, but the account is VR. It has definitely cut into my pay, but I still have the account, for now...

when - anon

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the physicians using EMR begin to edit their own work while using EMR, that is when MTs become completely obsolete

EMR - ggmt

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While I was in MT school, our local hospital -- a huge hospital that serves a large area -- went to EMR. They fired all their MTs. I checked other hospitals in this part of the state and they did the same thing.

I've mentioned this before, but my husband had to go to the ER once for a work injury. While there we wasted at least 30 minutes while the nurse hunted and pecked on the EMR and didn't even listen to what my husband was telling her about his injury. It's a mess.

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