The worst part of "billing" driven EMR's is that doctors get really good at recording procedures and diagnoses to fit what the insurance companies want to hear,

The worst part of "billing" driven EMR's is that doctors get really good at recording procedures and diagnoses to fit what the insurance companies want to hear, not what the real medical condition is. This has the effect of distorting the patients reality polluting the medical data, rendering it mostly useless or of poor quality for any decent medical research work. You got a throat ache, but that is not payed by the insurance? uhhmm immediate upgrade to a pharyngitis.