“People have been so anxious to apply computers to healthcare that they have overlooked Lewis Carroll’s sage advice: Begin at the beginning. The problem of losing one’s way as a result of beginning in the middle of a problem is not unique to EHRs as we are reminded by Tim O’Reilly, a publisher of computer-related books and a technology pundit.
His recent article “Before Solving a Problem, Make Sure You’ve Got the Right Problem,” is worth reading because it pinpoints the root cause of the problems that will result from the federal push for EHR. O’Reilly is actually discussing another issue, intellectual property rights, where the government is also trying to meddle legislatively in a “problem” that they have incorrectly defined, do not thoroughly understand, and where intervention may very well do more harm than good.”
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Daniel Essin, Physicians Practice, 30 January 2012
