Obama and Health IT

Posted on December 3, 2008 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

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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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