Security of America's healthcare system is on the brink of catastrophic collapse

[Medievalist]

Don’t forget Soarian! Which somehow always is spelled Saurian in my head. Or Meditech.

@lolipop_jones

turned the physical exam from a face to face conversation into a box checking, stare at the screen exercise, and thrown billions of dollars into the pockets of IT CEO’s and shareholders which could instead have been used for providing actual health care.

This is why I didn’t want to be too dismissive of your original point. Most of the paperwork requirements that have resulted from HiTech, SOX, GLB, and other federal regulations that impact health care have acted to dramatically reduce the quality of care afforded to individual patients. Having each patient initial a false statement (“I have read and understood the HiPAA statement provided to me”) on every doctor’s visit is the height of this hypocrisy.

@lolipop_jones

do you think that your hospital’s Epic system will be interoperable with the clinic’s Cerner system and your doctor’s Centricity system?

Well, I can make the first two interoperate, and have done so. And it’s much easier now that billing and insurance formats are standardized. It’s not as bad as it was when things like SAINT on VAXen still existed <shudder>.