EHR Intelligence September 18, 2017
Evidence suggests EHR data, tools, and clinical decision support systems can be leveraged to improve chronic disease management.
Effective EHR use can improve care coordination, streamline daily clinical processes, and save hospitals money. However, EHR systems continue to receive blame for contributing to rising rates of physician burnout, a deteriorating patient-provider relationship, and generally inconveniencing providers.
While the healthcare community is often at odds regarding the efficiency of EHR technology, recent evidence suggests EHR systems can improve chronic disease management to yield better patient health outcomes and reduce work for clinicians in the long run.
A new study by Konerman et al. showed alerts built into EHR systems can improve hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection screening and treatment among baby...
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