FAQ > Electronic Medical Records (15 entries)
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When I go to some of my doctors, they don't look me in the face any more; instead they are looking at a computer screen and typing something while they talk ...
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My doctors seem to be following a checklist rather than adapting their questions to me. Why is that?My doctors seem to be following a checklist rather than adapting their questions to me. Why is that? The EHR programs have a fairly rigid format for ...
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All of this seems so regimented and impersonal. Why would my doctor want to work with such a computer system? Given free choice, your doctor probably did ...
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What is meaningful use? That is a bureaucrat's term to describe the operational requirements for an electronic health record; the physician is required to use the EHR, not ...
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Why would my doctor not want to have a computer system that can do all of this? One reason is cost -- cost which doctors perceive as excessive ...
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You mentioned cost. Don't computers save doctors money? Government bureaucrats opine that electronic records systems will enable physicians to operate their offices with fewer employees. Most ...
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Doesn't the government give doctors annual cost of living increases in their fees like Social Security to deal with such matters? Far from it. All of these ...
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How much money are you talking about for a doctor to set up a certified electronic health record? When I researched the matter for my practice, I found ...
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If implementing an electronic health record is so expensive and burdensome for physicians, why is the Federal government so insistent that doctors do this? The short answer is ...
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Don't computers add safety to medical care? Health care planners believe that computers eliminate errors. Most doctors know that this is not true. This has been ...
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I go to my doctor when I have a problem that I want to get treated or fixed. What does all of this computer stuff have to do with me? ...
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Do we really need a national computer holding everyone's medical records or a nationwide network just for the benefit of some people who get sick when they travel? ...
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Are you a technophobe? No. I am not a technophobe. I bought my first computer in 1980. I bought my first spreadsheet program and my ...
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Why don't you like electronic health records? I am a creative thinker, and I do my best work when I am thinking "outside of the box". The ...
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Are there any other reasons you don't like EHR systems? I believe that EHR's pose a great risk to atrophy the intellectual skills physicians learned during the process ...