Didn't I used to be on Bullwinkle?

It’s not like I wake up this way.

I’ve tried to provide opportunities for ‘them’ to assuage the fear surrounding EHR.  (By the way, why does Word constantly inform me that EHR is actually HER—isn’t that taking being PC a little too far?)

Shall I explain?  Yes, please.

I’ve posited the following questions on public forums whose combined members exceed 100,000 professionals.  Most of those professionals, as we know, are professional sales people, sales persons, sales humans—are we humans, or are we dancers?—I’m not sure what’s considered to be the most acceptable term, and you’ve learned I probably don’t care.  Sorry for the digression—I get this way every time I see wall-to-wall TV coverage of…I won’t go there.

The questions I posed are:

What are the biggest EHR implementation problems?

What are the ‘best’ EHR systems?

What is a ‘ballpark’ cost estimate for HER for a 500 bed hospital?

I understand all the legitimate disclaimers that need to be offered.  However, a summary of the answers I received reads as follows:

The biggest problems are caused by the healthcare providers.

No vendor stepped forward with an explanation as to why they believe their system is the best.

Most answers about having to do with cost had to do with why it isn’t possible to provide an answer about costs.

You better have your best interests at heart, it’s pretty clear others won’t