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...doctor will tell you the advantages of having lots of patient data on computers: it helps us avoid redundant tests, gather huge amounts of data for research, screen automatically for drug interactions, all with no problems with our famously illegible handwriting. I would be happy if every patient could hand me a digital file of everything about him; it could really save time on first visits. But against our government's push to get all patients' records computerized we must keep in mind there will be a cost to this - far beyond the billions to be spent setting...
...immediate concern with putting all that medical data on a nationwide computer network is privacy. Who gets to look? How do you limit access to information and respect privacy when managing a disease, like diabetes or AIDS, that affects many organ systems and so involves many different kinds of doctors and services. Doctor-patient confidentiality seems quite likely to be one of the sacrifices Americans will be required to make to get this project going...
...surprisingly, nationwide adoption of Electronic Medical Records is being pushed hardest by those who would profit financially from it. The slightly embarrassing financial reality of EMR is that large, mechanized medical operations like hospitals, clinics and big multi-doctor practices stand to make quite a bit of money by adopting them - given our current convoluted system of paying for health care. Two clear factors make EMR a money-winner: improved billing and internal cost control...
...book, “Cancer Schmancer.” “I’ve reinvented myself since ‘The Nanny,’” Drescher explained. “I am a uterine cancer survivor, but it took me two years and eight doctors to get a proper diagnosis.” The actress, author, and activist discussed the importance of awareness and early diagnosis and described the experience of finding out she had uterine cancer. She recalled, “I told my boyfriend, ‘we have to freeze an embryo...
...after years of pain killer addiction, Limbaugh was charged with "doctor shopping" for prescriptions. He plead not guilty but agreed to go through rehab if the charges were dismissed...