WillowTree
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Well, that, and people's co pays went up, premiums went up, and deductibles went waaaay up. In reality it is the unaffordable care act.What is new with the ACA is the government telling you you have to have insurance and penalizing you if you don't. Thanks to the socialist left and obuthole.I have private healthcare GAP with Medicare. I hate damned Obamacare and so do my doctors. They're drowning in "paperwork" (i.e. computer overload). Right now my PCP's medical records are so screwed up it's pathetic and I'm pretty hostile over it. Good damned way to get a patient killed if it's misleading to some other doctor or ER that's in the "network" and doesn't know shit from Shineola.
Why would they be drowning in more paperwork?
All kinds of reporting info ... required info into CMS "national" database ... one MD just rolled her eyes and shook her head, another said he hated it ... rather go back to old fashioned handwritten files. I did a new patient info thing online a couple weeks ago and the damned thing took me over an HOUR to complete and it was so convoluted I lost track of what the hell I was doing and didn't even answer some of the stuff - same shit over and over and over again. If I had done it in writing it would have taken me about 10 minutes. Pain in the ass.
I have private healthcare GAP with Medicare. I hate damned Obamacare and so do my doctors. They're drowning in "paperwork" (i.e. computer overload). Right now my PCP's medical records are so screwed up it's pathetic and I'm pretty hostile over it. Good damned way to get a patient killed if it's misleading to some other doctor or ER that's in the "network" and doesn't know shit from Shineola.
Why would they be drowning in more paperwork?
All kinds of reporting info ... required info into CMS "national" database ... one MD just rolled her eyes and shook her head, another said he hated it ... rather go back to old fashioned handwritten files. I did a new patient info thing online a couple weeks ago and the damned thing took me over an HOUR to complete and it was so convoluted I lost track of what the hell I was doing and didn't even answer some of the stuff - same shit over and over and over again. If I had done it in writing it would have taken me about 10 minutes. Pain in the ass.
We have 2 hospital systems in our area and they are not connected yet, hopefully soon. Its been coming for a long time , not just since the ACA, digital medical records accessible to all medical dr who treat you to pull up. I think its a great system and well still is in its infancy so will continue to get better. I do understand its probably harder for those not as computer savvy as younger people are, but they should offer to send you an information package through the mail if one wants to do it longhand.
In the long run hopefully it will lead to better care. Most doctors dictate into a recorder, my family dr uses an IPAD. The digital age of medical records really is not something new with the ACA.