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Mar 17, 2009
Yes, according to President Obama. No, according to this review of the literature:
- In a study of orthopedic surgeons, those using handheld PDAs had seven times as many errors as their paper-based cohorts.
- A study of 15,000 heart patients found EMRs produced little improvement in the quality of care.
- A study of 1.8 billion ambulatory care visits found EMRs produced no improvement in the quality of care.
- A Canadian review of more than 3,700 on the use of EMRs in primary care found no solid evidence of either benefits or drawbacks for patients.
5 Responses to “Will EMRs Save $80 Billion a Year?”
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Helium
March 17th, 2009 at 5:13 pm
I don’t believe I’ve seen one crdible example, anywhere, where electronic medicla records has ever saved anyone any money. Am I wrong?
March 17th, 2009 at 5:21 pm
Bruce, the only examples I’ve seen are at this web site and they all involve providers initiating EMRs on their own as part of a nontraditional business model.
Examples: walk-in clinics, telephone and e-mail services (such as Teladoc), concierge doctors, medical tourist destinations abroad, etc.
March 17th, 2009 at 5:34 pm
There are other places where EMRs are used. The question is: are they economical? Do the save enough to cover their costs.
March 17th, 2009 at 7:39 pm
DR. OBAMA’S EMR SNAKE OIL REDUX…
Ignoring mountains of evidence showing that electronic medical records will not save our health care system any significant amount of money, our new President is still promoting EMR as a panacea.
This is becoming too much even for some of the peop……
March 18th, 2009 at 9:42 am
Like my pappy used to say, “If it was that easy, it would have been done a long time ago.”