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By Darrell K. Pruitt; DDS
In an article posted on www.ModernHealthcare.com HITS staff writer Matthew DoBias writes:
“President-elect Barack Obama said that his economic recovery plan to create 2.5 million new jobs in part will rely on ‘technology and healthcare modernization,’ a nod toward increasing the use of health information technology among physicians and hospitals as well as the trained staff who will be needed to run it.”
http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20081126/REG/311269965
Economic Recovery
The title of the article is “Obama links healthcare reform to economic recovery.”
http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20081126/REG/311269965
More Expenses
I was afraid that this would happen. It looks like American citizens are going to help pay for economic recovery through the additional medical expenses necessary for trained healthcare IT staff. I guess it is still a far better plan for getting us out of a depression than a world war.
As a healthcare provider who has many patients who will go without dental care if I raise my fees to cover the cost of healthcare IT, plus the additional costs of HIPAA compliance, doesn’t that make Obama’s plans counter to the Hippocratic Oath? Don’t forget the indisputable fact that electronic dental records are more likely to cause dental patients harm than good.
Assessment
Obama scares me. When a customer enters my place of business, they want to pay for safe dentistry, not mandated, busy work jobs carrying tremendous liability that are designed to stimulate the economy.
Conclusion
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In a previous post, I mentioned the September 19 Executive Post comment titled “Such a ‘Sleazy’ Company.”
https://healthcarefinancials.wordpress.com/2008/09/19/%e2%80%9csuch-a-sleazy-company%e2%80%9d/
It is the comment that is highly critical of Delta Dental.
This morning, Sleazy floated up to the twelve most popular posts, just like “The NPI and One DDS’s Opinion” did the day before – which is critical of BCBSTX’s use of the NPI number.
https://healthcarefinancials.wordpress.com/2008/08/25/the-npi-and-one-dds%e2%80%99s-opinion/
DISCUSSION
The report cards are out, and everyone passed. I am proud to declare that the first class has reached an “aha!” moment in understanding the mechanics of Unconventional PR Warfare and strategic use of search engines. Now we simply need more content creators who can ignite marketplace conversations about neighborhood issues that I cannot possibly reach. These techniques are not limited to dentistry, and it will soon be the rage.
Preview of Lesson 6: I am working on Section II, which I think will move from the mechanics of social networking into advanced theory of marketplace conversations. I can’t think of anything more current and relevant for this PennWell Community College course: Our nation will soon accept a fresh administration during the worst economic times in 30 years. Even silence is bankrupt.
Over a year ago, I started following Barack Obama’s plans for transparency. In the last week I monitored his efforts towards change described on the “American Moment” section of his blog, Change.gov.
http://change.gov/newsroom/blog/
From what it appears, it looks like the change will be chaotic – at least at first. The new administration is trying to take a manageable sip from a fire hose of comments.
Regardless of one’s opinion concerning his plans for healthcare, President-elect Obama courageously promises transparency that McCain would have never been capable of delivering. Government from the ground-up may be our only way out of this mess, friends. Democracy is a participatory sport.
ONE MORE THING
Leaders of the American Dental Association, take heed. If the next President of the United States honors citizens’ concerns with transparent conversation, ADA President Dr. John S. Findley must show similar respect to dues-paying ADA members. “Findley for the Future” was his campaign motto. Now it is a brand he chose that he will forever wear – regardless if he turns it cynical.
This is simply not a good time in history to be an unresponsive, command-and-control dinosaur. Dr. Findley’s reputation is classically vulnerable. Only a month or so into his term, he already risks being re-defined as irrelevant and sidelined as a leader, even if he gets a nice plaque at the end of the year.
Let me give an example: I recall an article that appeared in the ADA News Online on October 21 titled “Staying true to the Association’s values is key: Dr. Findley“. It was written by James Berry.
http://www.ada.org/prof/resources/pubs/adanews/adanewsarticle.asp?articleid=3272
Berry writes that when addressing the ADA House of Delegates, Findley said that “Transparency is essential if you expect and demand accountability, and you should.” Exactly.
Here is a critical response that I posted on the Executive Post on October 30 titled “ADA ‘Transparency’ in Health IT [Part 1] – It all Depends on the Meaning of the Word.” https://healthcarefinancials.wordpress.com/2008/10/30/ada-%e2%80%9ctransparency%e2%80%9d-in-health-it-part-i/
Please come visit my neighborhood, Dr. John S. Findley – lest your brand, “Findley for our Future” be grossly misunderstood.
D. Kellus Pruitt; DDS
Editors Note: Dr. Pruitt blogs at PenWell, and others sites, where these posts and comments first appeared.
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According to experts David Kibbe MD MBA and Brian Klepper opining elsewhere,
“interoperability is the key to the broad use of electronic health records. The Tower of Babel is unacceptable. Fortunately, those stewarding EHR at the Federal level seem to be emphasizing interoperability as they develop the National Health Information Network (NIHN).”
Moreover, “other countries have done a better job of implementing electronic systems. Sixty percent of New Zealand family physicians already use electronic medical records, while US estimates range between 4% and 20%. That leaves U.S. healthcare players needing to cooperate even more zealously toward an electronic system.”
More video discussions: http://www.healthcaretownhall.com
Sounds much like HIT dentist blogger Dr. Darrell Pruitt, to me.
-Rachel Penti-Maki; RN, MHA
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On Interoperable eHR Languages,
The Tower of Babel is under-rated in history. I have heard that during World War II, Americans’ lives were saved because the Japanese were unable to hack the Navajo language used by the US to transmit valuable military secrets.
I know for a fact that it is beyond this dentist IT blogger’s acting ability to even imitate New Zealand zeal for slippery, interoperable eHRs. Common sense tells me that eHRs are expensive, dangerous and disregard Americans’ Constitutional Rights to privacy.
Maybe experts Kibbe and Klepper should try their act elsewhere. It’s not funny here.
-Darrell K. Pruitt; DDS
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Antitrust Laws a Hurdle to Health Care Overhaul
According to Robert Pear, of the New York Times on May 26, 2009, President Barack H. Obama’s campaign to cut health costs by $2 trillion over the next decade, and announced with much fanfare two weeks ago, may have hit a antitrust law snag.
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/27/health/policy/27health.html?_r=2&ref=health
Ironic, isn’t it?
Jesse
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