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Survey-Healthcare IT

Posted by  in Wednesday, February 4th 2009   
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There is currently discussion on EMR/EHR’s and if they can have a positive impact.  Where can IT be brought into Healthcare and have positive financial impact and improve patient care?

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4 Responses to “Survey-Healthcare IT”

  1. Scott Springman says:
    February 12, 2009 at 10:52 am

    After > 30 years in healthcare, I am totally convinced that a PROPERLY CONFIGURED EMR (with POE and decision support) will improve safety, satisfaction, and reduce costs.

  2. John Lynn says:
    February 12, 2009 at 3:22 am

    I still think that we too often underestimate the value of legibility and availability of charts (ie. no more missing charts).

    I also recently blogged about the idea that we won’t really understand the value of broad EMR adoption until we get there. Here’s my post: http://www.emrandhipaa.com/emr-and-hipaa/2009/01/30/the-real-benefits-of-emr/ We’re so far from broad adoption that the best minds aren’t considering what can be done with EMR systems.

  3. Mitch says:
    February 4, 2009 at 5:23 pm

    Personally, I think costs savings are minimal between hospitals and physicians, but could be valuable if more insurance companies and governmental agencies would set up their systems to receive these records electronically. I do believe, however, that healthcare across the board would improve if electronic medical records were instituted.

  4. drwalker_rph says:
    February 4, 2009 at 3:44 pm

    I saw an article several months back that compared the cost of emergency room visits between a group of patients who had personal health records and a group who had no PHR. The average cost per ER visit and and other hospital charges for the group with a PHR was significantly less than those without a PHR. If I remember correctly the costs associated with the non-PHR group were nearly three times the costs associated with the PHR group. Those patients who presented in the ER with a PHR had fewer labs done, fewer hospital admissions and fewer adverse drug reactions than the non-PHR group of patients.

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