PEW June 26, 2019
Plus, 4 suggestions to increase patient safety, coordinated care
Nearly all hospitals and medical practices in the United States rely on electronic health records (EHRs) to store and access the patient information that is vital to safe, high-quality care. But different systems often cannot reliably share data about the same person, a fault that can lead to duplicative tests, treatment delays, and other gaps in care coordination. Patient safety risks, such as prescribing an improper medication dose, can also arise from problems with usability that stem from the design of these digital tools, how they are customized, and how clinicians interact with them.
In February, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), the federal agency that...
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