Comment Summary

The Congressional Budget Office recently concluded that healthcare savings through EMR and e-prescribing may be overstated and are not proven. What is your opinion?
#	Response Date	Other (please specify)
1.	6/11/2008 10:19:00 AM	may be or may be not
2.	6/11/2008 11:42:00 AM	not sure
3.	6/11/2008 12:50:00 PM	I don't know
4.	6/11/2008 1:55:00 PM	mostly by the prevention of errors and cost associated
5.	6/11/2008 2:15:00 PM	not qualified to have an opinion
6.	6/11/2008 3:10:00 PM	remains to be determined
7.	6/11/2008 3:25:00 PM	Not sure
8.	6/11/2008 3:25:00 PM	Not sure
9.	6/11/2008 5:24:00 PM	Agree that savings are probably overstated
10.	6/11/2008 5:36:00 PM	In the short run they will increase cost, but in the long run may well decrease costs
11.	6/11/2008 5:37:00 PM	jury still out on cost savings
12.	6/11/2008 7:36:00 PM	unclear
13.	6/12/2008 12:58:00 AM	Alternatively, now I can write an unlimited number of prescriptions for my Medicare patients, effortlessly! (Just fooling)
14.	6/12/2008 3:19:00 AM	don't know
15.	6/12/2008 11:59:00 AM	Saving money is not the issue. Accuracy in clinical decision making and medication administration is the main benefit of an EMR
16.	6/12/2008 5:47:00 PM	Uncertain
17.	6/13/2008 8:48:00 AM	Not sure
18.	6/14/2008 7:11:00 PM	Healthcare expenditures are more related to over-utilization by patients+physicians, and by end-of-life, low-utility rescue care
19.	6/15/2008 5:14:00 PM	I do believe that the savings are overstated.
20.	6/23/2008 11:37:00 AM	don't know
21.	6/23/2008 12:14:00 PM	no opinion...much too early to know the answer
22.	6/23/2008 12:39:00 PM	no opinion
23.	6/23/2008 12:42:00 PM	not sure
24.	6/23/2008 1:04:00 PM	Another example of why Congress should stay out of the medical business
25.	6/23/2008 1:51:00 PM	no opinion
26.	6/23/2008 2:12:00 PM	not enough data to make up my mind
27.	6/23/2008 4:35:00 PM	I don't know
28.	6/23/2008 9:54:00 PM	How much is the question
29.	6/24/2008 3:02:00 AM	The EMRs that are available today are a waist of time because they are not compatible or universal. A universal system will save a lot of money but only if it is done by private industry not the government.
30.	6/24/2008 4:27:00 AM	not sure
31.	6/24/2008 7:54:00 AM	I don't care. EMR has cost me a lot, it hasn't helped, but at least I can say to Congress that I tried to go with the flow.