Fred Schulte on Investigative Journalism: "Race to electronic health records may come with a price"

Investigative reporter Fred Schulte of the <a href="http://www.publicintegrity.org/" target="_blank">Center for Public Integrity</a> has written up his experiences on his investigation of upcoding and Medicare billing inflation due to the effects of EHRs.<br /><br />The piece is of interest in regard to, at the very least, the personal recollections of how an investigation comes to be and is conducted.<br /><br />I thought his piece would be of interest to HC Renewal readers.  It is at the site of the <b>American Association of Healthcare Journalists</b> and entitled "<a href="http://healthjournalism.org/resources-articles-details.php?id=249#.UMIeIqyI5eA" target="_blank">Race to electronic health records may come with a price</a>."<br /><br />(The result of the investigation is the series entitled "<a href="http://www.publicintegrity.org/health/medicare/cracking-codes" target="_blank">Cracking the Codes</a>.) <br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiAzvhRF-BIaHTtPu5qyez6X2_Yz0E5DLqEO3Rui7IAuwl0B0MtUTgJoT-yKJ-3wp-zkZFbz9VAzT8Ci9g1DS6E6hvNxXnM5h0Xy2M1tkELSOU7Lw9v5aBh9AsfKGsciNOiGYbv4E1xCSa/s1600/fred-schulte.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiAzvhRF-BIaHTtPu5qyez6X2_Yz0E5DLqEO3Rui7IAuwl0B0MtUTgJoT-yKJ-3wp-zkZFbz9VAzT8Ci9g1DS6E6hvNxXnM5h0Xy2M1tkELSOU7Lw9v5aBh9AsfKGsciNOiGYbv4E1xCSa/s1600/fred-schulte.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fred Schulte</td></tr></tbody></table><br />This work contributed substantially and materially to a reluctant HHS and ONC deciding it was time to actually investigate the issue.<br /><br />(Perhaps sometime soon HHS and ONC may also seriously investigate health IT safety, and take more than Milquetoast action.)<br /><br />-- SS

Fred Schulte on Investigative Journalism: "Race to electronic health records may come with a price"

Investigative reporter Fred Schulte of the Center for Public Integrity has written up his experiences on his investigation of upcoding and ...

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