A couple of years ago I had a conversation with one of my physician colleagues about how EHRs and MU…
Morning Headlines 12/26/16
Cornerstone: The Rise and Fall of a Health Care Experiment
The New York Times profiles provider group and accountable care organization Cornerstone Health Care (NC), telling the story of its transition to ACO status and its eventual sale to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.
Year in Review: Cerner presses forward despite year of uncertainty
Cerner closes out 2016, a year that brought with it CEO Neal Patterson’s cancer diagnosis, delays on its DoD implementation, and ongoing construction at its new Kansas City campus.
Medical scribes free doctors to spend more time with patients
A local paper reports on the introduction of medical scribes in the CHI Memorial (TN) emergency department, linking the rise of scribes to ARRA and the resulting increase in EHR use by providers.
#scribes
Simply another add on expense to cover for the EHRs that are not fit for purpose.
#scribes
Simply another expense to cover to let doctors be gods. My 8 year old can type why can’t you?
Hey @Harry,
Look at the evidence that favors EHR devices as instruments of medical care to improve outcomes and reduce costs. It would not take very long, cause as Mr. Histalk stated, there is not much, if any.
These are glorious billing machines, that print everything that was and was not done, aka upcoding.