Comments on: Benefits of Electronic Health Records Clear to British Physicians http://www.thenewyorkmedicalmalpracticelawblog.com/2008/10/benefits-of-electronic-health-records-clear-to-british-physicians/ An overview of New York medical malpractice, products liability and personal injury law, and the news that affects it Fri, 09 Jul 2010 20:53:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: throckmorton http://www.thenewyorkmedicalmalpracticelawblog.com/2008/10/benefits-of-electronic-health-records-clear-to-british-physicians/comment-page-1/#comment-41 throckmorton Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:16:50 +0000 http://www.barovicklawny.com/blog/?p=18#comment-41 There is a big difference in the EMRs that are being used in Britain and those that are here in the US. In Britian, the EMR is used strickly for pertinent medical data, unfortuanely ours is used as a legal document and as such it contains volumes of data that are based on the principle that if it is not documented it is not there. This makes ours unweildly and hard to decipher just what exactly is important, not to mention causes gig and gigs of useless data to clog up the whole system. So, in the UK you can have a note that states pateint had pneumonia, clinically improved on erythromycin, chect xray cleared and was dischared on oral antibiotics for 10 days with followup with their physcian. In the US this would be about 7 pages long and includes computer generated lists that mean nothing to why the person was in the hospital. You then spend 30 minutes trying to figure out exactly what happened. There is a big difference in the EMRs that are being used in Britain and those that are here in the US. In Britian, the EMR is used strickly for pertinent medical data, unfortuanely ours is used as a legal document and as such it contains volumes of data that are based on the principle that if it is not documented it is not there. This makes ours unweildly and hard to decipher just what exactly is important, not to mention causes gig and gigs of useless data to clog up the whole system.

So, in the UK you can have a note that states pateint had pneumonia, clinically improved on erythromycin, chect xray cleared and was dischared on oral antibiotics for 10 days with followup with their physcian.

In the US this would be about 7 pages long and includes computer generated lists that mean nothing to why the person was in the hospital. You then spend 30 minutes trying to figure out exactly what happened.

]]> By: Maggie McEnerny http://www.thenewyorkmedicalmalpracticelawblog.com/2008/10/benefits-of-electronic-health-records-clear-to-british-physicians/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Maggie McEnerny Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:41:05 +0000 http://www.barovicklawny.com/blog/?p=18#comment-14 FYI there's a discussion going on about these issues now (Oct 27-Nov 3) at: www.thenationaldialogue.org. Today is the last day, so don't miss your chance to add your comments. It's called the National Dialogue on Health IT & Privacy. On the site, you can contribute ideas, and read and rate others' ideas. Watch in real time as the best ideas "rise to the top." ** The results of this online dialogue are being compiled into a report to the Federal CIO Council, Office of Management and Budget, and the incoming Administration by the National Academy of Public Administrators. ** Hope to see you there. Maggie, The National Dialogue FYI there’s a discussion going on about these issues now (Oct 27-Nov 3) at:
http://www.thenationaldialogue.org. Today is the last day, so don’t miss your chance to add your comments.

It’s called the National Dialogue on Health IT & Privacy. On the site, you can contribute ideas, and read and rate others’ ideas. Watch in real time as the best ideas “rise to the top.”

** The results of this online dialogue are being compiled into a report to the Federal CIO Council, Office of Management and Budget, and the incoming Administration by the National Academy of Public Administrators. **

Hope to see you there.
Maggie, The National Dialogue

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