The Boston Globe recently published a lengthy article about the profession wide frustrations with getting EMR to work.
All the usual complaints of errors and vendor problems.
A letter to the editor suggested that one way to really help make it work better was if the government set up a database that all vendors and their programs would go through and be compatable with. As I am anything but savvy on this subject but I know many of you are is this an idea who's time has come?
Simply put is this workable?
Please keep to the subject as I know this topic quickly turns political which is not my intent as I'm curious as to how to fix this problem we're all facing.
Here's the letter.
Thanks for the civil discussions!A major problem with EMR is the incompatibility between systems. A provider wishing to switch systems, or a patient going to different providers, is severely disadvantaged.
The government should provide a common data bank, and all digital record companies should be required to construct a translator between their system and the common data bank. This way, innovations in the systems of digital providers would allow flexibility of the marketplace.
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