"Since the bureaucrats make the decisions now," says a Tennessee
anesthesiologist, "I've changed from an independent practice to
physician-employee status. It's the increased headache of paper-
work, decreased reimbursement and further impairment of the
patient-physician relationship. I'm considering early retirement if
this continues."
Govern-ment-man-
dated EMRs are also
a sore spot. "I don't
need anything to
extend my day, and
EMRs have extended
my day," says Mr.
Purtle "It's asking:
What's your hot water
heater set at? Do you
have a gun in your
house? How many
sexual partners do
you have? It's
absolutely ridicu-
lous."
Nor, he says, is infor-
mation being con-
structively shared.
"When we send
patients to other hos-
pitals, they don't have
a clue what we've
done here, and we
don't have a clue what
they're doing there.
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