Florida’s eHealth Initiative Conference Sees Doctors Push Back Against Health IT’s Workflow Demands
Circle Connections: Tech Updates Doctors may resist adopting workflows that can feel to them more like manufacturing than traditional treatment. This was one of several big ideas explored during a panel discussion at the eHealth Initiatives annual conference in Orlando, Florida. Anger within the physician community is creating "significant backlash" in furthering the use of health IT within an accountable care environment, said Simeon Schwartz, MD, president and CEO at WESTMED Medical Group, one of the panelists. This was reported by Information Week on February 14, 2013. Contact information: Simeon Schwartz, President & Chief Executive Officer, WESTMED Medical Group, 2700 . . .

