At any rate, the EMR in this case (and many others) turns clerks into clinicians -- they are responsible for the patients' histories -- and clinicians into clerks-- physicians have to transcribe their own notes and fill out all the papers.
Good point, Tom. This issue of delegation of patient histories to ancillary staff is important--Ebola important. I have not delegated the taking of patient histories in my practice--how else am I going to understand the patient and develop a viable doctor-patient relationship?
Getting back to the original theme of this thread, Koby, I have just been doing MU1 and find that it takes minimal time on my part. The cost in time/hassle with MU2 are what have kept me from going on to the next stage. I suspect that we would all do well to move slowly. CMS will probably continue to make adjustments as they did this year. Early adopters will have to pay the penalty in time/hassle.
