Modern Healthcare October 19, 2019
When reviewing a patient’s history, a physician might be faced with pages upon pages of previously added clinical notes. By some estimates, the typical patient note is 4,000 characters—roughly 1.5 pages—and those add up over time.
Memories of those overstuffed medical records weighed on Rep. Dr. Phil Roe (R-Tenn.) during a congressional hearing this past summer, while questioning leaders from the Defense and Veterans Affairs departments on whether they were adequately engaging physicians in the implementation of their co-developed electronic health record system.
During the hearing, Roe recalled frustrations he ran into while practicing as a doctor and working with exceedingly lengthy patient notes in the EHR.
Though there are many reasons for long-winded documentation, Roe pointed a finger at...
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