tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post8143878535419554289..comments2023-08-21T02:57:37.362-05:00Comments on Dr. Wes: Gray Papers and Health Care IT Cost SavingsDrWeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438019699222125477noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-23254384754254270022009-05-26T06:57:38.472-05:002009-05-26T06:57:38.472-05:00cerner outpatient product is terrible. support is...cerner outpatient product is terrible. support is terrible. stay away at all costs. i do mean all costs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-31590730381111108262009-05-25T23:53:52.763-05:002009-05-25T23:53:52.763-05:00Wes,
As one of those old engineers who has watched...Wes,<br />As one of those old engineers who has watched the Internet and information management become a piled up mess through the years, I agree wholeheartedly with your assessment, "Baloney!"<br /><br />The same people who made a shambles of the Internet are in charge of our health records.<br /><br />Does anyone remember the term GIGO (Garbage In, Garbage Out)?<br /><br />EMR without proper NanaRCRhttp://twitter.com/nanarcrnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-36399348503167251662009-05-25T23:52:59.864-05:002009-05-25T23:52:59.864-05:00Keith-
I would not go so far as to call this "sna...Keith-<br /><br />I would not go so far as to call this "snake oil," but I DO think that in an era where our current government debt obligations (including Medicare, Medicaid, SCHIPS, and Social Security) exceed (by some estimates) $65 TRILLION dollars, we'd better be damn sure we're not making the cost problem worse. For instance, are shorter hospital stays and shunting patients to "long-term DrWeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17438019699222125477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-24194864037921581942009-05-25T21:21:39.404-05:002009-05-25T21:21:39.404-05:00Wes,
Couldn't agree with you more! Having looked...Wes,<br /><br />Couldn't agree with you more! Having looked for references and studies that allude to the cost savings and improved quality that EMRs are to provide us, I have had a hard time finding much in the stanard literature. And most EMR companies have put language in their user contracts that forbid the end users from doing much of the research that could prove or disprove these Keith Sarpolisnoreply@blogger.com