Doctors Make Painful Switch To Electronic Records

[godscuttingyoudown]

3:15 lift your shirt up oh my, i wonder what the problem is????

[bandminton]

It's a HUGE pain in the ass for doctors who ALREADY have thousands and thousands of patient files that have to be all inputted into computers. I had to help my parents input their patient data for 5 whole months. But I must admit it is much faster and more convenient now that its computerized.

[karlkarlkarl1234]

I have worked in a medical office before:

If the doctor is at all competent all patient records ARE ALREADY ALL electronic and kept by the doctor on a hard-drive and only shared with other doctors under patient permission. Most are originally hard-copy then scanned and placed in a secure encrypted electronic files so as to back them up, and this was 2 years ago.

Obama is just diverting the issue away from the true problem and that is no protection or oversight of the proposed database.

[mmurfin87]

@karlkarlkarl1234 What? Competent doctors are excellent at understanding the complex interactions of the human body and hopefully how to repair it. They are NOT computer experts. Most doctors DO NOT have electronic records and that is in no way an indication of their competence. I pose this question to you: What IS an electronic health record?

[doctormarmalade]

Saves trees...

[junrubijr]

I totally disagree with the title of this video... Absurd to even put that title!

[simysimy9]

the only problem is transfering every patients records. If you have a few thousand patients that could take days.

[fhqwhgadz]

wow so misleading and biased... don't you think they should have cut out the end of this video where he praises the technology if the goal is to stay away from technology?

[IntracialFash3l]

i agree that online health records are VERY susceptible to hackers and identity thieves. BUT electronic bookkeeping will ultimately allow doctors to take care of their patients better and have information travel faster to other medical facilities. Still there are kinks to be worked out. And I don't see how this was painful for the doctor, he was actually somewhat commending the system in the video... Fox you did it again!

[Boggle7]

Lol why is the patient in a gown while the doctor is taking the HPI?

[deveousdevil]

how the hell is this "PAINFUL SWITCH". ugh, fuckin conservative newspaper, he's promoting electronic records and they write "painful switch". dicks.

[xZBBZx]

hhhhhhn

[herenthere]

The fact that they named this "Painful Switch" and that WSJ is now owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., responsible for biased news stories from their Fox News network, makes this video biased as well.

[mprat001]

I agree completely!

[ccccccc0000]

I disagree.

[figfire]

Here, let me touch your rash, with no gloves.........oh its shingles. now lets go back to my computer without washing my hands so I can put all those nast germs on my computer that will go into my next patient's room.

[KatieLooWho]

Funny, except that if you look, the video cuts after he does the tactile exam, so he probably washed his hands or sterilized with alcohol in between. Physicians are generally very careful about that kind of thing.

[jamesfranksf]

I work in a large cardiac clinic, and i can say from personal experience, every nurse and dr here still knows how to work off paper, and will do it in a heartbeat if the computers go down. The computers make it so they can see more patients faster, because they dont have to spend 30 min flipping through page after page of test results, they can look at one screen and see all the results for the past 30 years.

[8poseur8]

its easier to be evil, than be good. its a good ol american tool that we can use and abuse to make an ultimate excuse.

[nu407]

Switching To Electronic Records is good News to Identity thieves. One hack hit away from stealing millions of personal infos, but we have no choice, we gotta modernize our health system process.

[AntaresInScorpius]

we have had electronic records at the VA for a long time.  Nice to see everyone is catching up/

[kudgcn43]

I had shingles when I was young, still have the scars near my waist. Very painful. Itch but you can't itch it painful.

[shavwet]

With e-medical records, it will be easy to give you a "health score" just like a "credit score." That way the greedy hospital and insurance corporations will know exactly how unhealthy you are before they insure or treat you....say good bye to all your privacy!

[brett53087]

And hello to complete fairness you lazy fatass.

[meshyf]

Wow that is a pretty shitty documentary. The title of the video is very misleading.

[inkybinky786]

i know right painful switch

[SporeConvergence]

Nice observation. Considering who WSJ is owned by now, I don't expect it to turn into much more than a different media targeting a different audience of people who enjoy "fair and balanced" news, if you know what i mean.

[pcfriars2000]

The doctor in this video doesn't make this out to be painful or expensive. He seems happy to be able to help his patients from anywhere in the country. The title and description lead me to believe the WSJ has a real bias against the process rather than describing what's in the video. That's pretty lousy news.

[hiodr]

the main purpose of requiring electronic records is so that people who have no legitimate right to them can access them whenever they want to.

[maineladydi]

Not true! Actually, confidentiality is improve with EMR.

[GrubclubProductions]

you're a stupid bitch. fuck you...keep your piehole shut you fat fucking pig

[maineladydi]

Go to hell and fuck you very much!!

[GrubclubProductions]

go on a diet you fat pig. I can smell your fat shitty smelly ass over the internet you fat bitch

[maineladydi]

WTF is your problem? Shut the fuck up you fat fuck needle dick!!

[GrubclubProductions]

what's the matter honey? Forget to take your meds? And by meds I mean 2 buckets of ice cream with chocolate pudding and a barrel of chicken. You fat bitch

[HEisEVIL]

its shingles. . .

[AntaresInScorpius]

grubclub what is your problem?? seek psychiatric help, please.

[TiredOldFart]

Exactly. That is why the bailout bill has gov't in the middle.

[gweems828]

I was expecting this video to be different

[helloVMproject]

okay this video is mostly the doctor and the patient talking

[00Temporary00]

I think the electronic records are a great idea! However, I also think that paper records should be kept at your doctor's office as well. Meaning, which ever doctor you're currently seeing, they should have a paper copy. Just as a backup...you can't hack paper, LOL.

[mrbobb1]

But paper can burn and fade.

[PhoenixFuzion]

wait, how is this "painful"? This doctor even says it himself that he can access all new areas of communication with his e-record keeping. And, from the video, I saw an intelligent doc using modern tech. to treat his patients like it should be in the year 2009.

[Bonecrkr]

Converting open records kept on paper to electronic form is PAINFUL. Only the doctor can legally enter info into the official file. Often, and his staff are the only ones that can read the records.

[thedetective22]

now the doctor will suck alot of money like shit

[africanbootychick]

ill suck him dry

[bonusballs]

THIS is exactly why we don't need socialized health care in the US. Please lay off the McDeez.

[twilightfreak303]

my name is Marie

[Mrmoc7]

"...the painful and expensive switch from paper to electronic record-keeping "

Yea, but it was worth it though wasn't it?

[Gregomasta]

upsidedown

[12FlyMe]

Don't make fun of a short fat person. Danny Divito did that in a past life, and look what happened.

[12FlyMe]

Interesting.I kept waiting for the red head to give the punch line. What was the point of the video?

BTW -- she diagnosed her own shingles correctly. I had shingles of the EYE -- and the doctor I went to for it told me it couldnt possibly be shingles. Of course thats exactly what it was, I go to a specialist and found out for sure. SOmeone do a shingles of the eye video -- Im ready.

[bigbearballs]

Boring

[onarudkus]

staged.......jk

[phoenixmeow]

Paperless not....hence the paper gown! Hey I diagnosed her within 10 seconds

[daddyofsmack]

look at those fat ass people...man i admire doctors...i'd hate to have to work on those nasty bodies all day

[slipknotfool182]

dude ur probably fat and its not their fault tht their fat!

[krypekeeper]

fat fucks always blaming there problems on other people, YES it is there fault

[slipknotfool182]

its what happens to them so... ur right lol

[Sephiroth4ever13]

i dont think therse anything wrong with being fat unless ur like 500 pounds than its ur fault but if your like 30 or 40 pounds overwight its not that bad

[slipknotfool182]

true dat lol

[BlackCloud21509]

i think its the opposite way around..if your 500 pounds then theres most likely something wrong with you..either you have a disorder or you were jut born really fat but it wouldnt be your fault. 30 + 40 pounds overweight.......depending on the person it can possibly be there fault because there beasts and eat anything the see, or its just genetic.

[BlackCloud21509]

just* they*

[AlchemyOfHate]

or maybe this country is destroying the health of the average person. get off your ass, run some laps, and stop eating mcdonalds.

[catchjune]

its is, and it isn't.

but mostly.. it is.

[asmetuyasiempre]

how about if he just make the first consult with any one ,and then he lose his computer or it cratches or burn or something?? its better paper than computers,that way no one also could see u records ,only him and their satff if i was doctor i will use paper, no computers,hell on any thing i keep records on paper,the computers are only for information and have fun ,nothing more

[vietdumbass]

Damn about time. Supermarkets been using computers for record keeping long before.

[BinkieMcFartnuggets]

It's funny how people will describe pain like "Oh it felt like I was being stabbed in the back with a knife repeatedly!" when they clearly don't know what that feels like, but you'll never hear someone complain about a pain and say "Oh it's like someone hanging me from a ceiling by my nipples and smacking me on the ass with a kayak oar" Because they'll think then the doctor might assume they know that pain...

[cakekouture]

Lol. :D

[mprat001]

I have to laugh at the not-so-subtle editorializing in the title of this video, and I am relieved that the commentors don't seem to be swallowing it. Painful? WSJ ought to show, for the sake of comparison, what it's like to have to weed through reems of often illegible paperwork. THAT is pain. If this guy seems a little stiff and serious, well, honestly, that's the way a lot of us doctor types are (there--I've confessed). It has nothing to do with the supposed "pain" of electronic records.

[Anaya1de]

It's about time they start using electronic records. Every other field uses computers. And electronic paperwork eliminates the guesswork the nurses and other doctors have to do when trying to read chicken scratch orders. So much safer for the patients!

[mynameisnicholas]

aw poor doctors! having to use computers! horrible.

[gbliu]

I would like to see what happened when all of sudden you lost power, network attacked by virus or computer crashed during an emergency visit.

[craigtotherichie]

losing power in the whole doctors office would cause bigger problems considering these are laptops. an institution such as a hospital or doctors office would put more security in their system than allowing all their information to be stored in one place and accessible by viruses, and i'm fairly sure the formal paperwork is usually done after an emergency visit if in fact it is an emergency. you don't usually see doctors writing down symptoms in an er room.

[gbliu]

I don't think you had any bad experiences with computers or electronics in general.

So you think "formal paperwork" is still necessary?

[craigtotherichie]

not when it can be avoided.

[pchan424]

Having worked help desk for a doctors office Ill tell you what happens. They get their secretary to call the helpdesk and tell you to come right away. Then you go there and tell him your going to lunch and will fix it when you get back. Then your boss calls and yells at you because hes been dealing with a pissed of doctor for the last hour... lolz. Your boss reiterates that the doctors are the number one prioritie and that their cocks are huge and should be stepped on

[PuudaMaggui]

Yea, because you know it's obviously gonna be like going to an internet cafe and bluetoothing pictures and sound bytes to everyone there....

[gchris5]

Yes, that's so fucking painful.

[StalePhish]

I'm definately in favor of electronic records, as long as security can be maintained. Its going to make everyone's life a lot easier in the long run

[MCO1969Vette]

Faster, much less space. Electronic > Paper.

[TheRedPriestofVenice]

yuc. I'd hate to be a doctor.

[IM1deadMONEY]

Doctors Make Painful Switch To .....(Ostrich eggs instead of suppositories)

(Very painful switch)