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Yep. tl;dr : EHR are mostly about charts. EMR are mostly about billing. The risks of unfettered access to EMR is that conditions can be inferred and future
by doggodaddo78 5y ago
Yep.
tl;dr :
EHR are mostly about charts.
EMR are mostly about billing.
The risks of unfettered access to EMR is that conditions can be inferred and future profitabilit of patients predicted so that they can be steered to different types and qualities of care (for good or for evil).
For-profit healthcare will overall optimize for profits before patient outcomes. It's as certain as gravity. FPH should be illegal.
- adolph 5y agoAny organization that does not optimize value capture will be short-lived. Neither for-profit, nonprofit nor governmental business models are necessarily aligned towards improving patient outcomes over revenue. However revenue is a critical feedback loop to enforce change in the face of poor outcomes. The Medicare agency cut off funding for heart transplants at [a nonprofit hospital] last year after the Chronicle-ProPublica investigation documented an outsized number of patient deaths and unusual surgical complications following the procedure in recent years. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/investigations/article/Federal-report-details-problems-that-led-to-13645748.php https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/investigations/article...