As a former IT Admin for a medical clinic I can tell you that the medical software out there is generally outdated and usually running on older OS's and architectures. The doctors and other medical professionals want to do their jobs and not get bogged down in the technology. "If it works - don't fix it" is usually what they want - Not upgrading machines, software or anything else. Most of the time they point to the learning curve to teach people how to do things with new equipment (yes, some of the proprietary software out there is running -- still running -- on Win 98 and NT machines) or new software.
Mandating EMR's (EHR) and "new" codes are good for patients for the most part. Unfortunately, Doctors and Software companies that supply them are very change resistant for a number of reasons.
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As a former IT Admin for a medical clinic I can tell you that the medical software out there is generally outdated and usually running on older OS's and architectures. The doctors and other medical professionals want to do their jobs and not get bogged down in the technology. "If it works - don't fix it" is usually what they want - Not upgrading machines, software or anything else. Most of the time they point to the learning curve to teach people how to do things with new equipment (yes, some of the proprietary software out there is running -- still running -- on Win 98 and NT machines) or new software. Mandating EMR's (EHR) and "new" codes are good for patients for the most part. Unfortunately, Doctors and Software companies that supply them are very change resistant for a number of reasons.
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