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Old 09-15-2015, 04:05 PM
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Originally Posted by goodtimesintv View Post
So......

Still wondering......

On a scale of 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), how "meaningful" is any of this for that pesky thing called "patient care"??
Bottom line meaning of "meaningful use"

For the patient----nothing (0)---your physician was probably already doing any of the quality measures that count anyway

For the physician----nothing (0), other than it increases time spent on non-patient care, so it probably reduces direct patient care hours

For the bureaucrats----EVERYTHING (10+). This is exactly the type of crap they live for. The outcomes do not matter to them, it is the process of fulfilling "regulation" that is the essence of their existence