We were just talking about "meaningful use" in a meeting I attended last week. It sucks is the short version. The long version is it will take more time, be tedious, and ultimately cost each and every clinician money (in lost time/income/sanity).
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Utilizing an electronic medical record system isn't really an issue (even though everything that is out there is junk), but it is more about the latter stages. The Gov't wants to have access to all sorts of fun information (they already do, but it is expanding). Anyhow, they are tracking various pieces of data from EVERY (Medicare) CHART, and their required list of data is growing. Again, this is an issue bc they are tying reimbursement to each step up. Are they data they want proven to increase outcome…no. Are the data they want going to require more time to input and a team of people to ensure that everything is being collected right…yes. Oh, and what are they going to do with this information….well…you don't need to worry about that, as they are doing it to help us. Uh-huh….