EHR Intelligence January 6, 2020
Tying financial incentives to drive EHR usability could be a key patient safety fix, according to Pew.
Improving EHR usability and tying it to financial incentives is essential to addressing patient safety, Pew Charitable Trusts wrote in a recent letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
Since the 2009 passage of the HITECH Act, EHRs have seen nearly ubiquitous adoption, driving a digital transformation in healthcare. However, EHR usability has been an ongoing issue that has resulted in clinician burnout and patient harm.
In a response to CMS’ request for input regarding improved patient safety as a result of EHR usability, Ben Moscovitch, project director of health IT at Pew penned a letter back to the agency....
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