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March 31, 2010

EHR Stimulus Calculators and Lost Productivity

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In my post about an EHR stimulus calculator on EMR and HIPAA, a user left an interesting comment that I thought might start some discussion:

Does the calculator account for the 30% loss in productivity that is essentially universal when a group adopts EMR? Most highly productive groups would be better off rejecting the stimulus, especially given the available crop of clickorrhea that passes for an EMR.

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