Close personal friend doc says his productivity has been reduced by at least 30% with the new EMR.
I was in the EMR business in ‘96/’97 as a exec with a subsidiary of Eli Lilly - the whole idea then was to improve doc efficiency.
The whole problem with the development of EMR was one thing: the systems were NOT developed by physicians, but by computer types who have no idea how a doc thinks and works.
Now the systems are killing docs, and the different systems can’t even communicate with each other - a nightmare.
My heart doc is now in his early-mid 50s, and has told me he will be retiring within a few years {and mostly because of obamacare, which he hates}.
My doc has eliminated taking new patients, and it's sad, because he is a very good doctor.
He has been a heart surgeon for about 30 years and his expertise and experience are hard to replace.
obamacare sux and has many negative impacts on healthcare.