"Woodhouse, Gregory J." wrote:
> I sympathize with those of you who complain that engineers who know nothing
> (or little) about medicine don't have the profession competence to design an
> EMR. You are absolutely right. But please, let's not go to the opposite
> extreme of concluding that all the necessary skills can be picked up in a
> few months, and that software professionals are really not needed in the
> healthcare arena.
Very well said.
John Gage wrote:
> This suggests that coders who are not physicians should concentrate on
> software that manipulates the various pre-existing medical coding systems
> (which is where the money is anyway) and avoid writing code that could be
> construed as creating a medical standard. Call these pieces of software
> "helpful utilities". Start with ICD-9 CM, figure interesting things to do
I disagree. You simply cannot produce a product of this
complexity without the combined energies and expertise of
software professionals, healthcare business professionals and
physicians.
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