My pont - availability

Posted By: Not so fast on 2009-08-07
In Reply to: and .... that is no different than with paper records, so ... - what is your point? nm

The touted reason for EMR is availability. The records supposedly are available on the computer in the patient's room. But turns out it's no different than old paper records if they can't/don't access them. They wasted a serious amount of the staff time and caused patient distress. In my specific instance, we sure couldn't see any improvement. When the medical staff used to take histories and later dictate it to the MT Dept, they at least looked at the patient at the same time.

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EMR & what it will do to MT's - JUST A THOUGHT
- Between EMR, VR, and India - pip
- I guess it all depends on the type of EMR used..sm - passing thru
- Since you asked...I believe it's - not bad, just different...SM
- EMR and Transcritpion can go hand-in-hand - Look at Pros and Cons
- Here's what I witnessed re EMR recently: - sm
  - Good MTs will always have work - stillmting
  - The title was something like - sm again
- http://www.completemedicalbilling.com/emr/stimulus.aspx - MTQ
- Yes, very soon. SM - Sally Forth
  - SOON TO BE RETIREE - glitrgrammi
    - Might have some bad news here - Oh well
      - QUESTION RE. RETIREMENT - sm - Armybrat
        Armybrat - fatcat
        I don�t know how working for others - Oh well
      - Retiring early... - glitrgrammi
        I don�t believe I tried to guess your age and furthermore - Oh well
    - All of a sudden I wish I was/were? older??? - me
  - Have reached the magical age - Oh, well
- I have a doctor that has been saying for two years that MTs were going to be extinct and that it was - Been thinking on this for a couple of years now
  - Hope you countered him... - me
- all medical records should be electronic. - for availability purpose. N/M
  - Recent hospital experience - Not so fast
    - and .... that is no different than with paper records, so ... - what is your point? nm
      - My pont - availability - Not so fast
    - That's what I just posted above in 'Here's what I witnessed'. - sm
- May be - ???
  - EMR - Peachy
    - Peachy, your post is interesting, but my post now is irrelevent but - jj
    - Just lost a big hospital acct who had EMR but went - "totally electronic" recently -no dictation
      - EMR...should have mentioned - Peachy
        That was also my experience - Not so fast
        wasnt just "complaining", just stating a fact. - Total elimination of SOME jobs is happening.nm

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