This EHR Mess We ’ re In

MICHAEL CHEN, MD Dr. Matthew Hahn blogs about the current state of today’s EHR’s and rightly points out many of the same reasons that I have identified in my previous posts: The negative impact of Meaningful Use (MU) since 2009 Poor usability of EHR’s There are several other important concerns that have been left unanswered by our current Health IT offerings. Patient privacy and control of their health records Interoperability Government Pipedream? The solution Dr. Hahn proposed is one that hinges on the hope that government will abandon MU (unlikely given this political climate), and create a whole new EHR development program based on a national competition and then for the government to subsidize the cost of that winner EHR for physicians to use. Subsequently, this national competition will engage physicians so that they have control over their destinies in designing the EHR of their dreams.  But is it realistic to hope that government will support such an endeavor?  Although I’m a believer that government should and ought to play a role in setting fair rules and be accountable to the public (for the many and not the few) and not to be overrun by lobbyists and those with the most money and influence who can rig the system, I doubt this solution will see the light of day with our currently polarized politics and the continued, large influence of big money interests in government today. Movements as Inspiration Here is my proposal that leverages existing platf...
Source: The Health Care Blog - Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Tags: Tech EHR Michael Chen Open Source Source Type: blogs