Summary
Private physicians and providers have been very slow in acitvating EHR's. Many state that due to reimbursement cuts the cost of establishing in house data base's for their records is not cost effective. Most providers have billing systems in place yet these data base providers have not stepped up to the plate with developing data bases that include access for all providers. CMS does not allow providers to access the common working files. The implication is that providers will use data from the files for marketing reasons. There hs to be a universal response from all providers before any real cost savings and or clinical quality can be assessed.
Analysis
The final answer to all EHR results must be a universal provider acceptance of patient information sharing that even the federal govermnment fails to provide its care givers.
