Continuing Discussion about the Epic/Faulkner Opposition to Interoperability

In response to my note yesterday concerning Epic and Judith Faulkner's opposition to the proposed HHS rules about EHR interoperability, a reader of this blog, Ivan Miller, submitted the following comment:Faulkner replicated Steve Jobs business model. He made a proprietary, locked system that he guaranteed would work-- and consumers were willing to pay a huge price for his product. Healthcare providers were no different. There is one notable difference however -- Jobs focused passionately on his product, and the free market rewarded his innovation. Judy was placed as chair of the EHR oversight/ interoperability committee because of her political contributions. At a time when government was meddling in private business, she leveraged corruption to sell her outdated/ obsolete product. Ironically enough, her company has yet to be investigated for a monopoly.In a previous note posted in 2011, I commented about Faulkner's political clout (see:Judith Faulkner, EMR Interoperability, and Washington IT Politics). Here is an excerpt from i1:A recent investigative piece questions the fact that Judith Faulkner, CEO of Epic, has been appointed to the 13-member national Health Information Technology Policy Committee(see:Democrat donor gets federal health policy slot despite conflicts of interest). She is described in the piece as a"Democrat donor" with Epic having donated nearly $300,000 to Democrats since 2006, according to the Center for Res...
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