I commented in the recent past that computers get in the way of medical care.
I haven’t changed my mind, computers take away from time looking at the patient and although computers have prompts that are good for less experienced physicians, they fill screens with boxes to check.
Well there is another problem some people who like computers don’t understand will become more of a problem–he need to collect data is directly proportionate to the ability to collect data.
The ICD 10 is an unwieldy inefficient monster of a diagnostic encyclopedia that will increase overheads, frustrate providers with more and more requests for clarifications, and ultimately cause the healthcare system to be hauling around a load of administrative nonsense created by bureaucrats who don’t take care of patients, they take care of data banks. Watch this become another expensive experiment in the fatal conceit.
A physician writes:
http://www.americanthinker.com/2014/03/the_october_surprise_that_could_cripple_the_practice_of_medicine.html