EHR Intelligence February 14, 2018
Suggestions included reducing health IT utilization measures in the MIPS advancing care information performance category.
The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) recently requestedCMS and ONC work to reduce regulatory burden to allow clinicians to spend more time interacting face-to-face with patients.
In a letter submitted earlier this month, the academy claimed current regulations and federal requirements are daunting and “often demoralizing” for primary care physicians. AAFP cited a 2017 study showing family physicians spend nearly 6 hours a day interacting with EHR systems as exemplary of the significant burden clinical documentation requirements place on providers.
“In addition to the time burden, 2016 and 2018 studies show that family physicians and other physician experience high cognitive load while working with...
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