Becker's Healthcare April 11, 2019
After the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act was passed in 2009, physicians were hopeful that EHRs would improve efficiency and care; however, 10 years later, the technology systems still have a long way to go, otolaryngology physician Lloyd Minor, MD, wrote in STAT.
Fortune and Kaiser Health News published a joint article on the hardships some physicians face when using EHRs. Dr. Minor, a physician and professor at Stanford (Calif.) University School of Medicine, was struck by the insights and information shared.
“In addition to highlighting [EHR’s] inability to share information across propriety platforms, as well as the fact that physicians report spending more time than ever on data entry rather than interacting with patients, the...
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