what will India do now? on Oprah

just happened to catch a small piece - Indian women are surrogate mothers for women in US who cannot/will not get pregnant - 6000.00 going rate.

I am scared at the simple thought that this record goes straight from the doc (whom we all know can say/type wrong thing, i.e. right versus left) and no one to catch errors - straight to record.

• The electronic medical record has replaced MTs at my job..it's all over! - MimiMT
  • EMR - jane
  • Who does QA - OTHMT
  • what will India do now? on Oprah - mdlfcrs
    • I had already heard about this before seeing - Moms
  • My midwest company doing this now also. - nm
  • Is it okay with JAHCO? - wondering?
    • It's a done deal... - MimiMT
      • EMR - MTinCO
        • Same here, I am thinking of becoming a personal chef. nm - fedupMT
  • Just got hired to type into EMR - Patti
  • I dunno... at my old job the doc does peck away at a PC - sm - Flibertygibbit
  • Same thing happened to me. - medtype
    • I totally agree - MimiMT
  • The consumer age is here. - Hayseed
    • WalMart has been good to my - family and friends.
    • You can do this: - nana
      • Healthcare in America is going down the tubes... - MimiMT
        • Sorry to burst your bubble - Glory1863
          • My PCP does the same thing with EMR. - I must admit. He has everything at his
          • No, sorry to burst YOUR bubble, but... - MimiMT
            • Haha - if that's a 'medical exam', we might as well - SM - Flibertygibbit
            • My aunt really did not like it when - Have example
    • My hubby drives a long distance truck - Glad he is in
      • My husband used to drive a truck and - Getting older
        • Answering your questions, - Glad he is in
          • It was a $1 a mile, not hour! Made good noney back then. nm - Getting older
            • Don’t know where my mind was, - Glad he is in
              • Tried to email you but it wouldn't go through - Getting older
        • Interesting you should say that - They said what
      • Me too - siren
        • I'm just waiting 'til the time a mistake is made - SM - Flibertygibbit

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set on fire by her ex-husband.  It's an amazing story and brings tears to my eyes to hear her talk about how thankful she is to be alive and that beauty comes from within.  We could all take a lesson from her.

Amazing!

I am sorry to hear of your loss.  We might as well  face it, this industry is going to the birds.  I have lost four Docs because of outsourcing to India.  It is a shame that the Docs have to find a cheap way out because of all the overhead, malpractice, etc. that they have to pay.  I have been in this for four years and I thank God that I have 12 years doing medical billing, for which I am going back to school to do coding.  There is no job security in this industry, you are treated like dirt, you do not get paid on time and not treated like an employee should be and now EMR.  What is next?  Robots to do patient care?  Good luck to you, but I feel this is just a little wakening up call to all of us that things are changing and not for the good.

One of the reasons there is still such poverty there is that India still has the caste system.  While becoming more westernized has improved the quality of living for the majority of Indians, those in the lower caste are not allowed the same opportunities.  They live in squalor without running water, food, education, etc.

Interesting article in "The Record".  Would love to hear opinions on this. 

http://www.fortherecordmag.com/archives/ftr_08062007p6.shtml

Please tell me they are not only undercutting us in pricing, but they are also getting  a break on the CMT exam?  I am "saving up" to take it! – see below from MT India

I'm not real sure I see your point. 

I'm not being difficult.  I just don't understand how a fire would cause companies to not outsource.

There were fires in California.  There was a hurricane in Texas.  I am quite sure these two disasters did not spare places where medical records are kept.