Healthcare IT News March 8, 2021
Kat Jercich

“We should work toward a future state where all clinicians feel that their health IT is so essential to their practice that they cannot provide care without it.”

Advancements in healthcare information technology have driven progress but also introduced new challenges for providers, say two officials in the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT.

“As adoption of health IT has increased, we have seen firsthand how usability issues associated with the underlying software, implementation choices made by practices and institutions, and lack of effective training can diminish the desired impact of health IT use,” wrote ONC Chief Clinical Officer Dr. Andrew Gettinger and Chief Scientist Teresa Zayas Cabán in a blog post this past week.

“Rectifying...

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