Patient Engagement August 29, 2017
Healthcare professionals must reconcile the challenges with EHR use and improving patient engagement rates and patient-provider communication.
Healthcare professionals have been challenged with balancing EHR use and patient engagement during the clinical encounter as technology has evolved over the past 20 years.
Providers face significant regulatory requirements for EHR use and reporting and now have to document patient charts on their computers. With the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs, money is on the line.
But the focus on clinician EHR use does not erase the need to create a positive patient experience. Instead, it creates more challenges.
How can doctors create strong patient relationships when there was a computer distracting them? How can nurses have time to talk with...
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