Faster, better…

(ohmygov.com via DIGG) Ohmygov writes that Maryland “strengthened the goals of the “stimulus package” by passing legislation that requires insurers to provide monetary incentives for physicians to adopt electronic health records.

http://digg.com/d1sdN9

I am skeptical. My physician’s income dropped some 20% this last year because of the insurance companies. These companies dictate how much they intend to pay for physician services regardless of the true cost. Physicians respond by doing the will of the insurance company and running more patients through a work day. Ultimately no one is served. Doctors and patients went to Annapolis in March to protest insurance company policies that cut so deeply into physician incomes and that are causing physician flight from Maryland. Not a single member of the news media showed up to cover it and the event went largely unnoticed.

So now we are expected to believe that adding another layer of IT complexity to a small local doctor’s practice is going to benefit him and his patients. I’m sorry, I am very skeptical.

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