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I can't imagine what kind of reaction you'd get to asking a medical provider to use specific software. As a patient, you're not a doctor, it's not your wheelhou
by JMTQp8lwXL 7y ago
I can't imagine what kind of reaction you'd get to asking a medical provider to use specific software. As a patient, you're not a doctor, it's not your wheelhouse, it really isn't your place to tell them how to fulfill their job function, even if that software isn't in your best interest -- because the latter point will be quickly lost to the former.
- jrockway 7y agoI trust my doctor to recommend other doctors. It doesn't seem too far afield for a doctor to trust a software engineer on software.
- JMTQp8lwXL 7y agoBesides Practice Fusion's shady deals with pharma companies, I'd be surprised if you could articulate the major differences between it & Epic with regards to how the doctor uses the software day-to-day. This isn't about being a subject matter expert as a software engineer; it's really about being a patient and advocating for what's best for you (which is the correct thing for any patient to do).
- dkarras 7y agoThe recommendation you are making here has nothing to do with software engineering though. If you were a healthcare software business executive though, I'd be more inclined to agree.
- stevula 7y agoChanging EMR’s is an enormous amount of work and money, regardless of practice size. There isn’t even a standard way to transfer records between them, though I think the ACA created a phased plan to improve interoperability between systems. When I worked in a small practice that had converted from paper to electronic records, we didn’t even bother scanning in all the legacy paper records. They just sat in the doctor’s basement at home until the required 7 years passed until they could be destroyed. I’m not sure what would happen if that same doctor had to switch EHRs. I would guess they’d just leave the records on the old system and keep paying for both.