National EMR adoption could cost $150B

I believe $150B is understated.

Why? Anyone who's seen what actually goes on in clinical IT in hospitals knows that costs are amplified by the b.s. that goes on between greedy vendors, underqualified IT personnel, busy clinicians, incompetent or corrupt executives, highly expensive consultants, and other parasitic creatures.

A model of efficiency and cost effectiveness? I'm afraid not.

I would tend to agree with the above entry, and common sense would dictate that in projects such as these the actual would be double as would overhead. As far as vendors go, the office emr market is in a frenzy trying to sell medical office management systems with a lame add on for medical notes as emr's. My hope and my expectation is that well designed systems , not yet implemented may actually save money by preventing mistakes and allowing MD's to make more timely accurate decisions. It's a lot to ask for but all it takes is one company that does it correctly to bring competitors scrambling to compete. There are several hospital emr's that seem to be doing very well with what has previously unimaginable. SUN is doing work on regional centers in Canada.

There are alternatives that could lower the cost. The answer is software as service option.

Capzule starts at $150 a month per physician.

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