Kevin, Kevin Toppenberg wrote:
> --- Bill Walton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [snip] > > > > The costs for the EMR systems I've looked at > > recently (GE, A4, NextGen, and > > Misys) are in the $30-60K per physician range. It's > > a little dangerous, > > IMO, if you're going to use numbers like this to be > > specific WRT what size > > practice you're talking about. It's important not > > to set yourself up for > > strawman arguments against your case. > > Good point. I guess I forgot the difference between > per group and per doctor expense. But actually, the > numbers you give are worse. We have 15 doctors in our > group, so my part of $150k would be less than $30k. > But both are still FAR MORE than I am interested in > paying. I'd be very interested in hearing more about the quote you got. $10K / Doc is way less than anything I've seen for systems from top-tier vendors. I'll be happy to share the quotes I got last year. This may or may not be the right place for that exchange. If you're willing to have it but prefer to do it offline, that suits me fine. /snip/ > Well, in my mind the HIPAA think is entirely out of > hand. I have personally been told at two different > medical institutions that a patient (my father) was > not allowed to view the medical chart because of HIPAA > issues. In far too many minds, HIPAA means a steel > wall around information, and only the privilaged few > can get through. /snip/ This is outrageous. HIPAA's intent was to establish the patient's right, UNDER LAW, to view their medical records, and to have explicit control over who *else* can view that record. There are exceptions to that, but unless your father is under someone else's legal guardianship or is in a criminal institution, your father has legal recourse if he wants to pursue it. Best regards, Bill ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IT Product Guide on ITManagersJournal Use IT products in your business? Tell us what you think of them. Give us Your Opinions, Get Free ThinkGeek Gift Certificates! Click to find out more http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/guidepromo.tmpl _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
