tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11034229.post5142567810108449841..comments2023-07-14T02:53:40.719-07:00Comments on retired doc's thoughts: Electronic Medical Records, tool to save health care costs or windfall for the tool makersjames gaultehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05537303135780186926noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11034229.post-37193375553788407862009-06-16T15:02:33.514-07:002009-06-16T15:02:33.514-07:00Worked briefly in the early 1990s for a company (M...Worked briefly in the early 1990s for a company (MedAccess Corporation) in Lexington, Massachusetts that was trying to get doctors to use electronic medical records. The biggest hurdle then was getting older doctors to just learn to type into a computer notebook! How quaint! <br /><br />There were several computer programs available then. I saw them all at a trade show in San Antonio. I think it was the HMMS group -- hospital medical IT administrators -- who were our target market. <br /><br />I'm sure there are different hurdles now, and I agree that there is money to be made in this area. Now I see the younger doctors using computers at Kaiser Permanente where my husband and I are HMO members in their Senior Advantage plan. Issues of privacy and medical records gone astray, as well as a harrowing overprescription of a medication for A WHOLE YEAR due to neglect on the part of a primary doctor and pharmacy in my own case -- are what I see as a hurried system with little or no safeguards, despite KPs protestations. <br /><br />MedAccess Corporation used up its venture capital and is no longer in business. Some caches of their journey are still archived on the Internet. <br /><br />Warm regards, <br /><br />EKEllen Kimballhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10689933781339538684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11034229.post-82849751931561926182009-05-18T14:50:00.000-07:002009-05-18T14:50:00.000-07:00The "follow the money" rule works almost every tim...The "follow the money" rule works almost every time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com