Comments on: News 8/20/08

By: dogofwar

dogofwar — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:47:13 +0000

The PICIS explanantion says that 87% believe that a gov’t run EHR is the answer, while the survey slide shows the opposite.

Is the write up or the slide wrong?

By: Lukas

Lukas — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:33:08 +0000

The Siemens news is not surprising. I’ve seen them in three demos thsi year and Sorian isn’t fully cooked. In fact I questioned the sales rep about how really needed functions didn’t seem to be there. Her reaction to my question was to say “Yeah, I know.” I did follow up with reference checks and as you would think their client’s are not likely to say much bad about the system after spending a load of cash on software and implementation. Not something they want their boards to get wind of.

There are some nice features but overall it still needs some work. Which makes me wonder what in the hell were all of those people doing?

By: Read fine print

Read fine print — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:36:30 +0000

The Picis poll (from their user group) has to qualify for dumb press releases…

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:11:09 +0000

Re: Bearing Point. No mention of their role in the HIT definitions boondoggle – Is that related to this lobbying?

Re: India’s “medical city”. The Economist had a story about the boom in medical tourism- most of the doctors who staff those hospitals are trained in the US, and are also being floated as ways to get FMG’s who train here to reverse the brain drain from their home countries. We MD’s work in the system we’re given, and it’s undeniable we could have been much more active in changing it, but it’s also undeniable that (most) medical training in the US is tops.