The article is at http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB1044570310661310493,00.html
The author highlights 2 recent disasters already discussed on this list - Cedars-Sinai CPOE and the Beth Israel-Deaconess network meltdown.
There are a couple of tired canards:
"Medicine is still an art as well as a science, and physicians hesitate to be driven by anything that challenges their traditional way of practicing," says H. Stephen Lieber, president of Chicago-based
and banal statements like this:
"some say technology companies have yet to recognize that automating a hospital is different than automating a factory floor or manufacturing logistics operation. A computer that gives doctors an alert about a possible medical errors can be perceived as a challenge to their autonomy."
More interestingly:
"The American Hospital Association is expected to report that, while costly, CPOE systems can be implemented in a year or two. In the study -- the first to detail the price of implementation -- CPOE cost $7.9 million for a 500-bed hospital to implement, and $1.35 million a year to run. Putting CPOE systems in place succeeded in five of six hospitals studied."
Also David Kibbe of AAFP is quoted and the author writes:
"The American Academy of Family Physicians recently voted to go forward with a plan to develop an affordable electronic medical record system for its 95,000 members."
And there is a mention of the recent Cerner-AMA deal.
Gary
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Gary Kantor, MD
University Hospitals of Cleveland
-----Original Message-----
From: Ignacio Valdes
To: openhealth-list
Sent: 2/7/2003 9:17 AM
Subject: Wall Street Journal article.
Supposedly the Wall Street Journal has an article reporting on the HIMSS
gathering with a title something like: Will the Industry Get Wired?
Could someone with access give a summary?
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-- Ignacio Valdes,MD,MS Editor: Linux Medical News
http://www.linuxmednews.com
'Revolutionizing Medical Education and Practice'
