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Prieto said: “I’d rather have my old nurse that knew her rather than what hercomputer said.” He’s 61 and realizes he would need an EMR systemn by 2014, “but I might retire by then,” he Family practitioners have been a dwindlin breed in the era of specialists. Prietpo said he saw one group shrink from havingf 20 tojust “The bad news is doctorse don’t want to go into primary care,” he And medical students don’t see it as lucrative as other areas.
Foyo said he hopezs ’s new college of medicinre will focus more on primarycare But, even soon-to-retire doctors like Prieto might want to put an EMR systej in place because it will increase the valuw of their practice, said Pete chief technology and innovations officer for the Wellington-based , whicu provides an EMR system called The short-term strategy will be to put moneu in doctors’ pockets to invesrt in EMR systems, but quality of care is the long-ter m payoff, said Andrew Carricarte, president of in Miami, which also offerx an EMR system.
Disease management should be a major since many doctors still use a manuapl process to track diabetes and other Michael Kesti, CEO of , a Palmettko Bay health care management and marketinyg company, said: “The savings could be tremendous if it’s implementexd correctly, if we look at reducingv errors and saving lives.” There’s a tricklse down to businesses, as well. If healthn care costs are reduced, that shouled push down insurance premiums and leaver more money in the hands of the employerz whopay them. “Now, they got that so now they can stimulate growth and the entire Kesti said. Quantum and IOS are experiencingrapicd growth, Carricarte said.
IOS has hired 12 peoplwe in the past few months and is hiring 15 Jobs typicallypay $40,000 or Martinez, who was previously ’s site manager in Boca said Quantum has doubled in size in the past and that doesn’t include all the outlying service providers he is Widely publicized reports that Britney Spears, Farrah Fawcett and Nadya Suleman’s records were viewed by unauthorized medicap workers are raising concerns about just how well medical records are Proposed rules in the stimulus legislation would require notificatio to patients whose medicap records were exposed.
If 10 or more patienta can’t be notified, the provider must notify the news mediaa or put it on the home page of theitWeb sites. Sapoznik said patiente already worry that employers will see informationon Web-based systems. “Employees are very concerned about puttinbg theirinformation there, even though it’s privats information and the employer has no access to she said. “From the insurance perspective, they feel their system are controlled and protected forthe employees.” Oldeer patients are often stressed about going onlin to even look for a Sapoznik said. However, the hospitao association’s Quick said there are examplesa of systemsworking well.
A local federation of community health centers can know aboutr a patient visiting two different centers and what was done in and Humana have links onthei systems, but there’s no universal access across a broader spectrum.