Oversight is lax. Cronyism is rife. The job-killing and privacy-undermining consequences have only just begun.
The program was originally sold as a cost-saving measure. In theory, modernizing record-collection is a good idea, and many private health care providers have already made the change. But as with many government “incentive” programs, the EMR bribe is a tax-subsidized, one-size-fits-all mandate. This one pressures health care professionals and hospitals across the country into radically federalizing their patient data and opening up medical information to untold abuse. Penalties kick in for any provider that hasn’t switched over by 2014.
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I told my dr. not to share my med history, that that invades my privacy. It means nothing. He shares it anyway.
And who do you think he shares it with and for what reason?
So INSURANCE companies can look at your files. And deny your life insurance claim over some detail you omitted or forgot from 30 years ago....example? You checked "do not smoke" on the application, but 30 years ago you told a doctor (yes, they have been sending medical info to the "Medical Information Bureau" (look it up) for that long) that you smoked a cigar at a wedding ceremony and it gave you a sore throat. CLAIM DENIED.
Many small practices will simply close -- the electronic software upgrades are not cost effective for small practices.
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