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Who's To Blame When IT Systems Fail?
When it comes to government technology, assigning responsibility can be tricky. Read More »
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5 Problematic HIT Projects Costing The Government Billions
Cost overruns and missed deadlines for several federal agency health technology projects are costing the government "billions of dollars," according to a Government Accountability Office report focusing on the inefficiency of agency IT initiatives published Thursday. Read More »
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ED Physician Executive Slams EHRs
Electronic health records "are not effective communications tools—not effective at all," says a self-avowed technology optimist who holds a dim view of current EHR capabilities, but has hopes for better systems to come. Read More »
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EMR Systems Falling Short Of Expectations
Last fall, our practice implemented the electronic medical record (EMR). While many people in our office were daunted by the process of switching from paper to computers, I was excited. Read More »
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Health-Care Costs Are A Civil Rights Issue
In 1963, when Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his “I Have A Dream” speech, America spent 5.5 percent of gross domestic product on health care . Today we spend 18 percent, while most other wealthy nations spend 10 to 12 percent through systems that deliver equal or better health outcomes... Read More »
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Measuring EHR pain points: High Cost, Poor Functionality Outweigh Benefits, Ease Of Access
Medical Economics collected hundreds of comments from physicians about electronic health record (EHR) systems. While respondents noted the benefits EHRs provide in functions such as e-prescribing and mobile applications, they say cumbersome systems have drained cash from their practices, and worsened patient care because of inefficiencies. Read More »
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The Republican Case For Waste In Health Care
Conservatives love to apply “cost-benefit analysis” to government programs—except in health care. In fact, working with drug companies and warning of “death panels,” they slipped language into Obamacare banning cost-effectiveness research. Here’s how that happened, and why it can’t stand. Read More »
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VA System: Obama's Ultimate Failure
Sadly, bureaucracy is a time-honored tradition in the United States government, but perhaps no greater bureaucratic juggernaut exists today than the Veteran's Administration (VA) run by the Obama Administration. Read More »
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Why Is American Health Care So Ridiculously Expensive?
It would be nice to say that high prices are a bug of our medical system. But they're a feature. They're part of a choice we've made. Read More »
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