是什么阻碍了电子病历的良性发展?
[QUOTE]最初由 uchinaboy 发表
[B]3. 法律问题
除了大家前一段时间讨论激烈的电子签名问题,以及著名的HIPPA法案外,还有许许多多的法律问题需要解决。(我会在后面附一个报告,用以支持我的论点)[/B][/QUOTE]
eConnect - September 2004
GAO report identifies EHR legal obstacles
美国总审计署的报告指明了EHR在法律上的障碍
Author: Fred Bazzoli, managing editor
eConnect Code: GAO 0904
WASHINGTON — A report by the General Accounting Office suggests that the government has not fully addressed all legal issues that would come into play in efforts to promote widespread adoption of healthcare information technology.
华盛顿 — 美国总审计署的一份报告指出政府还没有提供完整的法规,进而努力推动医疗卫生信息技术的广泛应用。
The report was released in mid-August and requested by Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH), chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.
在主管卫生,教育,劳工和养老金的参议院委员会主席Sen. Judd Gregg的要求下,这份报告在8月中旬发布。
“Various laws present barriers to adoption of health IT, and at the time of our review, HHS’ efforts to address these barriers had been limited in scope,” the GAO report concluded.
GAO的报告还指出,“许多法律条款阻碍了卫生信息系统的采用,在我们回顾的时候,美国卫生和福利部(HHS)在解决障碍方面做出的努力从范围上看是有限的。”
Laws that may inhibit implementation of healthcare IT include fraud and abuse, antitrust, federal income tax, intellectual property, malpractice and state licensing.
那些可能束缚医疗卫生信息技术实施的法规包括欺诈,滥用职权,反托拉斯,联邦税收,知识产权,渎职和国家许可。
“In the area of fraud and abuse, both the Physician Self-Referral (Stark) Law and the Anti-kickback Law present barriers by impeding the establishment of arrangements between providers - such as the provision of IT resources - that would promote the adoption of health IT,” the report says.
这份报告指出,“在存有欺诈和滥用职权的领域内,医师转诊病人法案和反引诱法案设置了障碍,它们阻止了那些供应商既定的安排,比如一些IT资源供应是促进健康信息技术的采用的”
The GAO researchers concluded that, absent clarification of how these laws affect healthcare IT arrangements, providers will be reluctant to make significant investments in healthcare IT.
GAO的研究人员下结论认为,如果无法澄清“这些法案是怎样影响医疗卫生信息技术的安排的”,那么供应商将难以在医疗卫生信息技术行业进行重大的投资。
The report is one of the first indications that the government’s proposed framework for strategic action in healthcare IT, proposed in late July, might face legal concerns.
这份报告是最初表明政府的计划政策的材料之一,它是针对医疗卫生信息技术行业的战略行动,在七月的晚些时候被提出,可能将关系到法律。