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I just had a chance to see the NextGen EHR demo videos. The incentives for using EHR from the insurances companies are huge. It amounts to $3,000 per doctor per month.
The doctor won't be able to fiddle with the computer to create EHR. Even with the current dictation types, the doctor would make some sort of a note or something to remember the main paints to dictate. This note is sufficient for the assistants to create EHRs. Probably an assistant will be able to do it. She can create 20 EHR reports within an hour. Almost no transcription is required.
What do you think? What percentage of MT volume will decrease to EHR implementation, keeping in mind the 2014 deadline for it?