Fierce Healthcare November 28, 2018
Doctors haven’t gotten along with EHRs. A new federal report offers some strategies to change that.
It’s no secret that physicians are bogged down by EHRs. Now, the federal government says it has some solutions.
A new draft strategy issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Wednesday details three overarching goals to reduce clinician burden revolving around entering information into the EHRs, meeting regulatory requirements and improving EHR ease of use. In several recommendations, the agency vowed to continue is work stripping down regulations and working with the industry to find solutions to growing problems.
“When using their EHRs, clinicians increasingly rely on checkboxes, templates, cut-and-paste functionality, and other workarounds that may counter the intended...
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