Good Health and New AMA President Andy Gurman, MD on EHRs: " I don't have one, and no one can make me use one.". Elvonda

The love-fest with EHRs continues, to the great chagrin of the believers in fairies, unicorns and cybernetic utopia. Andy Gurman, MD, Takes ...

Good Health and Death of EHR "Meaningul Use" imminent. (Hopefully the death of the 'National Programme for Health IT in the HHS' is imminent, too.). Elvonda

I've written a number of posts on the Orwellian-named "Meaningful Use" experiment with electronic health records systems, impo...

Good Health and Repeated crushing by alligators and crocodiles: ICD-10 has you covered. Harmed by bad health IT? No codes for that.. Elvonda

Your government at work, spending your tax dollars and making your doctors want to retire early due to increasing bureaucratic busywork. T...

Good Health and Wall Street Journal: "ObamaCare�s Electronic-Records Debacle" . Elvonda

This WSJ Op-Ed could have been entitled "President Sucker:  Led Down the Garden Path by The Healthcare IT Industry." It is entitle...

Good Health and Professional Physician Organizations: A Continuing Necessary Ingredient for Ongoing Health Reform. Elvonda

This JAMA article on "Professional Organizations' Role in Supporting Physicians to Improve Value in Health Care"  reminds rea...