Comment Re:America (Score 2) 120
Over here in the UK, if it doesn't involve a six-foot-deep trench, you're not even getting past the modern rubbish into the proper archaeology.
In America, we don't brag about living atop six feet of trash...
Over here in the UK, if it doesn't involve a six-foot-deep trench, you're not even getting past the modern rubbish into the proper archaeology.
In America, we don't brag about living atop six feet of trash...
The original HIPPA law was called the "HIPAA: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act" but the portability never happened.
Sure it did. We've had portability of health insurance for a long time now--where portability simply meant that once you had health insurance, you could keep getting it...
IRAs can have a MUCH larger ROI than any 401k. It's not my fault you were stupid with your investments.
If you have a decent 401(k), you should have a similar range of investment options, with similar costs.
Your ignorance of the issue is appalling.
You're the one who is ignorant of the issue. I deal with it all the time. And, frustrating as it is, I, unlike you, am aware of the history of the various attempts, and the reasons they have failed. Primarily, you have absolutely zero concept of the overwhelming complexity of the data involved, how rapidly it evolves, and the cost to society if we retard that evolution via regulation. (The example I gave was a deliberately simple one, the simplest imaginable, so that anyone could understand it.)
And, oh, by the way. There are standards for the simple little things you mentioned in your initial post--reluctance to connect to those devices is rooted at least in part in fear of regulations. But those simple little things are the tiniest most infinitesimal part of what a universal data standard would encompass.
"Heatlh" record?
In the miasma of bullshit jargon that permeates this industry, an Electronic Medical Record is that thing your doctor uses to keep his records about you. An Electronic Health Record is that mythological thing that contains your complete life-long history and is shared--instantly, seamlessly, yet with complete privacy protection--between all your medical providers.
However, long outdated programming practices is the norm in EMRs.
Long-outdated programming practices were traditionally merely the norm in EMRs. But now thanks to subsidies, Meaningful Use requirements, and certification procedures, they are effectively mandated by the federal government.
Really? And let's say that instead of a normal adult visit, we're talking about a pediatric visit for a child or infant with a congenital heart defect. Will the oxygen-level gauge transmit whether the reading was from a finger or a toe? Will the manometers also transmit: 1) what side the pressure was taken from, 2) whether the pressure was taken from the arm or leg, 3) whether the patient was sitting, standing, or supine?
Yeah, that's the thing. When the
...but I'll bet that there's almost nothing concrete in them about usability.
It's worse than that: 1) There's not even anything at all regarding usability, not even the most vague amorphous pablum; 2) Many of the regulations have the unintended side effect of pushing things toward poor usability.
Really. ZOMG! LAWYERS!
In the case mentioned, the patient suffered permanent damage because he did not receive appropriate care. It doesn't really matter whether it was the doctor, or a nurse, or improperly maintained equipment, or a frickin' janitor's laziness, or the EMR--the hospital is responsible for providing appropriate treatment to patients.
Yes, I'm sure there's a small number of sleazy lawyers who will latch onto harmless mistakes in the EMR to try to invent a case where there is none, just as they have always done with all mistakes, long before EMRs existed.
But the real problem is not the lawyers. The real problem is the byzantine UIs of these monstrous "Enterprise Medical Record" systems, if you get my pun
At least Europe is going to get something now - not my personal favorite (if there is anything interesting there, which we don't actually know, it's buried way too deep for us to get at it for a long, long time).
If you're really that curious about what's in Europe, why don't you just visit the next time you take a vacation?
Drill a small hole into a fire-resistant safe...
That deserves a "+5 Funny"!
If it ends up being Hillary Clinton vs. Jeb Bush,
Who would move the US more to the right: Hillary Clinton or Jeb Bush?
My current thinking is that Hillary would.
I'm going to vote for Hillary because....she isn't overly corrupt and she's not bat shit crazy.
That's quite a ringing endorsement.
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