[maxander]

> whoever the members of our profession are who are building those systems are doing a crap job.

They're doing an excellent job, probably producing a level of functionality comparable to Amazon web developers or Oracle database writers. They're doing an excellent job at navigating the unholy mess of archaic regulations, mismatching institutional requirements, and hostile corporate interests, without getting sued or convicted. User experience, or even user usability, is a secondary concern, since being difficult to use (even if this leads to multiple deaths per day) is in no way illegal.

Medical informatics is definitely a field where smart and motivated people can make a huge difference to the world, and perhaps even get filthy rich while doing it. But it will take much more than a hotshot UX designer to work out.

[pnutjam]

American EMR systems are designed around billing systems. This is almost entirely the problem.

[knightofmars]

Yes, this too.