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EHR Intelligence August 28, 2017
AHA requested reduced requirements and regulatory burden for hospital EHR end-users in two recent comment letters.
The American Hospital Association (AHA) emphasized the need to reduce EHR-related burden on hospitals in two letters to federal entities this week, demonstrating the association’s dissatisfaction with the present state of regulations governing EHR use nationwide.
According to a 2017 Medscape Lifestyle Report, over half of practitioners across specialties — including primary care — are suffering from physician burnout. Regulatory burden has persistently nagged physicians in recent years and put a damper on practicing medicine for many providers now vocal about the rising rates of physician burnout.
A lack of EHR usability is mostly to blame. A 2016 STAT news survey of 425 physicians...
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