HappySqurriel on 31 March 2009
While I think that it is important for all forms of medical records to be switched over to a digital format, I don't think people realize how large of a project this will be and how rapidly it can turn into a gigantic boondoggle ... In the past I have heard of similar government inititives to create software solutions that have ended up costing hundreds of millions of dollars while producing broken and unfixable code.
Now, the one thing that really bothers me is the claim of $300,000,000,000 in savings each year ... If that was the case it would imply that somewhere around 2 to 3 Million people were employed simply managing healthcare files, and that roughly 2.5% of the total GDP of the United States was devoted to heathcare paperwork ...
