One of my favorite Meaningful Use Stage 3 requirements is Patient Engagement. Really??? When does a doctor not have patient engagement? In the morgue. This is crazy because it really does not mean PATIENT-DOCTOR interaction...it means PATIENT-EHR interaction.
It is nuts.
Maybe patients should be reading the x-rays; interpreting the labs; discussing findings with consultants. Who needs doctors anyway?
With the internet, WebMD, Wikipedia, the patient is way smarter than the doctor anyway. Maybe what we need is a new form of self-care. The patient can be BOTH patient and doctor That will really cut costs. And think of the medical-legal consequences. The patient has a bad outcome and sues himself. Whoever is coming up with this stuff needs psychotropic medications.
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