EHR Intelligence February 1, 2019
Fred Donovan

The AHA wants ONC and CMS to “rethink” EHR documentation requirements and evaluate whether certain requirements should be eliminated rather than modified to make documentation more efficient for providers.

The American Hospital Association (AHA) wants ONC and CMS to “rethink” EHR documentation requirements and evaluate whether certain requirements should be eliminated rather than modified to make documentation more efficient for providers.

In comments on HHS’s draft Strategy on Reducing Regulatory and Administrative Burden Relating to the Use of Health IT and EHRs, AHA said that ONC should work with EHR vendors to assess the extent to which providers access and use existing required documents for clinic care after record entry to determine which requirements should be eliminated.

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