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> IT professionals try to radically alter the workflow of medical professionals, without their input That’s because, as I understand it, EHRs are made primaril
by squeegee_scream 3y ago
> IT professionals try to radically alter the workflow of medical professionals, without their input
That’s because, as I understand it, EHRs are made primarily for insurance companies, not medical staff. This is a huge problem. IT staff should not be blamed.
- moribvndvs 3y agoMy company does EMR and practice management. Yeah, insurance companies definitely are insinuating themselves further and further into the encounter and it’s very gross on top of distracting. We’re also spending a lot of time on Meaningful Use/CURES (regulatory) and interoperability and not as much time innovating and addressing core issues (usability, performance, stability). But sometimes we just plain miss by modeling solutions that sound fine from the engineering side but are impractical in the practice. On the other hand, it’s incredibly frustrating to try to build solutions when each doctor can have a radically different idea of an essential workflow (and often are inconsistent or obstinate about it). I think there’s a plenty of blame to spread around, but I think vendors (i.e. me) have a hell of a lot of room for improvement.