Comment by bjoli
2 days ago
I wonder what would happen if EU harmonized the legislation so that the EU states could go together and develop an OSS journaling system. The amount of money saved would be astronomical.
2 days ago
I wonder what would happen if EU harmonized the legislation so that the EU states could go together and develop an OSS journaling system. The amount of money saved would be astronomical.
Spending money is what drives the economy. No diverse expensive healthcare software means thousands of employees don't get paid and don't spend earned money within the economy.
When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure. Goodhart's law.
That's broken window fallacy.
"Broken windows" is not a fallacy. The common belief that it's a fallacy is a fallacy.
"Broken windows" indeed can stimulate the economy and improve the lives of people. But not _always_.
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I think you're right. At the end of the day it just makes healthcare more costly without real benefit.
So hospitals in Copenhagen buy Epic EHR to stimulate the economy of Wisconsin?
Money is always spent on something, economy is about how to spend it efficiently