Followup to "CMS does not have any information that supports or refutes claims that a broader adoption of EHRs can save lives"

At my April 16, 2014 post "<b>CMS does not have any information that supports or refutes claims that a broader adoption of EHRs can save lives</b>" (<a href="http://hcrenewal.blogspot.com/2014/04/cms-does-not-have-any-information-that.html">http://hcrenewal.blogspot.com/2014/04/cms-does-not-have-any-information-that.html</a>) I noted that the American Association of Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) had received a reply from CMS to a FOIA request that:<br /><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><i>"We [CMS] do not have any information that supports or refutes claims that a broader adoption of EHRs can save lives."</i> </blockquote><br />Put another way, the country is embarking on a $1 trillion healthcare experiment, and blindly.<br /><br />I mentioned I'd post the letter when received from AAPS.  That just occurred.<br /><br />The letter is below (click to enlarge):<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/AVvXsEhXyGzY3biU0IcibR_jpNBb18X__sIeFWVd7E3T1MoAa300RBg2N_3-t_UMmx2bhlwk3KnobEgycCWCVmwWTy13uQVLGi3VBPFpgdzCHBu_0Qq5-fDamfZIWx-WeLaeYztcEayTGeCU7JIC/s1600/CMS_Letter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXyGzY3biU0IcibR_jpNBb18X__sIeFWVd7E3T1MoAa300RBg2N_3-t_UMmx2bhlwk3KnobEgycCWCVmwWTy13uQVLGi3VBPFpgdzCHBu_0Qq5-fDamfZIWx-WeLaeYztcEayTGeCU7JIC/s1600/CMS_Letter.jpg" width="308" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CMS: "we do not have any information that supports or refutes claims that a broader adoption of EHRs can save lives."  [But let's spend hundreds of billions of dollars anyway.]  Click to enlarge.<b><br /></b></td></tr></tbody></table><br />I've added it as an addendum to the original post, but thought it worthwhile to call out the letter in a post of its own to those who might not revisit the original.<br /><b><br /></b><b><u>An additional thought</u>:</b><br /><br />While CMS may "not have any information that supports or refutes claims that a broader adoption of EHRs can save lives", they <b>do have</b> (or should have made it their business to have) information <b><u>that EHRs cause harm and take lives</u></b> (e.g., via FDA at <a href="http://hcrenewal.blogspot.com/2010/08/smoking-gun-internal-fda-memorandum-of.html">http://hcrenewal.blogspot.com/2010/08/smoking-gun-internal-fda-memorandum-of.html</a> , ECRI at <a href="http://hcrenewal.blogspot.com/2013/02/peering-underneath-icebergs-water-level.html">http://hcrenewal.blogspot.com/2013/02/peering-underneath-icebergs-water-level.html</a> and others).<br /><br />-- SS

Followup to "CMS does not have any information that supports or refutes claims that a broader adoption of EHRs can save lives"

At my April 16, 2014 post "CMS does not have any information that supports or refutes claims that a broader adoption of EHRs can save lives" (http://hcrenewal.blogspot.com/2014/04/cms-does-not-have-an…

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