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A brand new account posting scathing anti-government anti-regulation content? HIPAA and HITECH and the other legislation that you're likely referring to pushe

A brand new account posting scathing anti-government anti-regulation content? HIPAA and HITECH and the other legislation that you're likely referring to pushed a stagnant industry in the right direction. Yes there is pain with growth but patients are far better off for it, which is what the end goal was.

pjmorris 7y ago
At my annual physical, as my doctor was typing away at data entry on a laptop in the exam room, I asked him whether he felt the new electronic systems had freed up his time to spend more time on patients, or whether they had taken time away from patients. He felt the later. I realize that anecdote is not data, and I'm not sure what metric of 'better' you're using, but I wouldn't be too hasty to claim technology as an unalloyed good in health care.
- Scoundreller 7y ago
  Thing is, people will overlook the elements that are faster and focus on the slower. Lab results for any patient at a click or two? Ignored. Changing a med order to be stopped in 27 hours? Guaranteed to be flagged to the nurse at the exact right time. As much as I complain about Google’s changes (stop ignoring my double quotes!), it’s probably improved overall despite its constant attacks.
prostheticvamp 7y ago
Yes, because I am a lurker that was moved to post by the degree to which I disagreed with the article. Please restrict yourself to actually arguing with the content of my posts, and not going ad hominem. It's both against the rules of HN, and just shitty. You say "pushed a stagnant industry", I say "hostility to small practices." Large hospitals were already moving onto EMR to better handle the volume of their data, if not already having done so. It's small practices that couldn't afford things like EPIC, and were forced to move onto free, ad-revenue-driven crap like PracticeFusion that just made everything slower and worse, without improving shit for patients. Are some patients better off for it? I think so. I appreciate web portals, which wouldn't have existed otherwise. I don't appreciate the death of small practices, the majority of whom are now selling out at cost to large hospital chains.
jtbayly 7y ago
... he says under an article about how a billion patient images are publicly available... smh.

pjmorris 7y ago

At my annual physical, as my doctor was typing away at data entry on a laptop in the exam room, I asked him whether he felt the new electronic systems had freed up his time to spend more time on patients, or whether they had taken time away from patients. He felt the later. I realize that anecdote is not data, and I'm not sure what metric of 'better' you're using, but I wouldn't be too hasty to claim technology as an unalloyed good in health care.

Scoundreller 7y ago
Thing is, people will overlook the elements that are faster and focus on the slower. Lab results for any patient at a click or two? Ignored. Changing a med order to be stopped in 27 hours? Guaranteed to be flagged to the nurse at the exact right time. As much as I complain about Google’s changes (stop ignoring my double quotes!), it’s probably improved overall despite its constant attacks.

prostheticvamp 7y ago

Yes, because I am a lurker that was moved to post by the degree to which I disagreed with the article. Please restrict yourself to actually arguing with the content of my posts, and not going ad hominem. It's both against the rules of HN, and just shitty. You say "pushed a stagnant industry", I say "hostility to small practices." Large hospitals were already moving onto EMR to better handle the volume of their data, if not already having done so. It's small practices that couldn't afford things like EPIC, and were forced to move onto free, ad-revenue-driven crap like PracticeFusion that just made everything slower and worse, without improving shit for patients. Are some patients better off for it? I think so. I appreciate web portals, which wouldn't have existed otherwise. I don't appreciate the death of small practices, the majority of whom are now selling out at cost to large hospital chains.

jtbayly 7y ago

... he says under an article about how a billion patient images are publicly available... smh.