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> Word-of-mouth means that people will know your EMR is a flaming piece of garbage The problem is that the Venn diagram between the people who actually have to
by yellowapple 6y ago
> Word-of-mouth means that people will know your EMR is a flaming piece of garbage
The problem is that the Venn diagram between the people who actually have to use or administer the EMR and the people who decide which EMR to implement is basically two entirely-disconnected circles.
- BadInformatics 6y agoThat's often but not always true. With the caveat that is in a non-US country, hospital EHR purchases are usually done the way you describe, while doctors will often personally make EMR purchasing decisions for their own office or private practice. Government procurement and small business sales seem to be two very different beasts in this regard.
- yellowapple 6y agoYeah, my experience with healthcare IT was in a two-hospital rural provider in the US, so that definitely colors my observations there. That said, I don't really recall the doctors themselves using an EMR much, either; they'd usually punt that to assistants and/or nurses. Probably different in smaller practices/clinics.