(2008-12-15) Ehealth Initiative Haughton Reluctant

At the Fifth Annual Conference of the EHealth Initiative, Dr. John Haughton (of Doc Site) presented a [paper](http://www.ehealthinitiative.org/events/papers/Doc Site_09-03-08.pdf) (PDF) "Reluctant Technologists or Smart Consumers? - Why Physicians haven't jumped on the EMR band wagon and Why EMRs are not consistently associated with Care Improvement". Do EMR-s Improve Care? Not by Themselves. Then What Does Improve Care: Decision Support within Patient Workflow

In testimony before congress in 2007, Farzad Mostashari, MD, head of the New York City Primary Care Information Project, New York City Department of Health voiced concern that the CCHIT Certified [[EMR]] they purchased for 1500 physicians for more than $20 million did not have the elements for improving patient care4. He stated: "(In 2007) Electronic Health Record systems available to physicians and clinics do not support disease prevention or enhance patient care... NYC is working with the vendor to BUILD those features into its system" This is the same person/group mentioned in [z2009-03-01-EmrStimulus].