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This is very specific to the US medical system. Perhaps things are better in some of the many other health care systems around the world.
by BurningFrog 5y ago
This is very specific to the US medical system.
Perhaps things are better in some of the many other health care systems around the world.
- Forgeties79 5y agoYou know, I have never really given EMR’s in other countries much thought and I’m now super curious how implementation has gone, what some good examples are, etc.
- AutumnCurtain 5y agoEpic expanded into the Nordics and their providers found it disastrous on the whole, mostly because it's designed for the US healthcare system and therefore cares almost exclusively about billing, which is completely irrelevant for them. See https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/06/epic-denmark-health-1510223 https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/06/epic-denmark-healt...
- sidlls 5y agoMaybe. Almost everyone follows the same standard (some version of ICD, https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/icd/icd10.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/icd/icd10.htm) of coding. If it's much better outside the US I'd be surprised, though. The standard is a mess of strange, super-specific things (e.g. ICD10 code W56.52XA is "struck by other fish, initial encounter") that aren't useful for any purpose, and in practice is used mainly for billing (insurance or otherwise).
- AutumnCurtain 5y agoI'm fond of W59.22XA, "struck by turtle - initial encounter" aka the Aeschylus ICD code
- 6yyyyyy 5y agoY385X3A Terrorism involving nuclear weapons, terrorist injured, initial encounter