KevinMD June 25, 2017
Matthew Hahn, MD

Computers, more specifically, electronic health records (EHRs), will someday revolutionize the practice of medicine. In fact, successful computerization of medical care is the most critical step necessary to transform the American health care system from its current sorry state to the 21st-century system of our dreams. It is ironic, then, that today EHRs represent one of the worst problems plaguing medical professionals. At this point, many physicians would say that EHRs have created more problems than they have fixed. The most important question is how do we get from where we are to where we need to be?

First, it is important to discuss how we got to this current state. Initially, just about everyone assumed that the transformation from...

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Topics: CMS, EMR / EHR, Health IT, Health System / Hospital, HIE (Interoperability), HITECH, Investments, Medicare, Patient / Consumer, Payer, Physician, Primary care, Provider
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