HealthLeaders Media July 19, 2022
A JAMA article penned by two doctors builds upon a recent CMS final rule calling on health systems and vendors to work together to improve EHRs.
New guidelines are needed to minimize the cognitive load imposed by electronic health records, according to a physician-written proposal published last week in JAMA Network Open.
Making Electronic Health Records Both SAFER and SMARTER states that a recent final rule issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should stimulate shared responsibility between EHR vendors and health systems to improve EHRs by reducing the cognitive load on clinicians and making EHRs more readable.
“Cognitive attention of the clinical team is a scare resource – one that is essential for quality health care,” say...