All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Business of Medicine

EMR or EHR ie., Electronic Medical Records or Health Records does warrant and expect from medical professional an astute techno-savvy partcularly in computers the writing skills of medical records with an ardent training of the secretaries normaly called the fifedom. EMR is an excellent way of racing...

Electronic Health Records (EHR) are like a marriage, but are difficult to implement.  They are expensive, time-consuming and require a paradigm shift from ALL employees of the practice.  Half of all attempts fail; similar to getting married.  They do save costs of transcription and filing/pulling...

While all can agree that universal use of EMR/EHR would be beneficial, the cost burden of implementing these systems generally rests with the physician, who will generally see the least benefit (as opposed to insurance companies, Medicare, patients, etc.)

Misaligned economic incentives are mostly responsible for the low rates of adoption of EHRs.  Physician resistance to change is much less a force than the simple fact that it costs time and money to convert a practice to an EHR, and the financial benefits of an EHR do not accrue to the physici...

This article clearly describes the Catch-22 in which most doctors, except for those employed by the large institutions, find themselves.  We cannot afford to practice the "best" medicine, and yet, if we could, we might well make fewer errors and make medical care for our patients more seamless. ...

EMRs are quite expensive, possibly one of the bigger outlays of cash I can think of.  EMRs are also a work in evolution, much like operating software:  who wants to invest a lot of money on Vista when rumors of a new and better program are out there?  The enormous stress of putting one...

The costs of a medical office have increased by 50 % within the last year by increase of malpractice insurance premiums of at list 15 %, increase of salaries, per an additonal 15 % , increase on staff time for authorization, prior approvals, electronic referral and prescription submission  by another...

P$P programs, like CMS Core Measures, while a valuable goal, are primarily about documentation. Documenting the proper activities occurred, within the accepted timeframes is what Core Measures is all about. Did you give the AMI patient aspirin soon enough to be effective, did the pneumonia patient get...

What is the chance of real Healthcare reform in the US when major insurers turn huge profits and support a massive lobbyist effort in Washington? Hospitals and doctors are presented as the main cause for spiraling healthcare costs. As modality vendors release newer products like 256 slice scanners,...

A small article that really doesn't do justice to the topic and makes a few misdirected comments.