Healthcare Economist May 31, 2021
Electronic health records (EHR) are moderns marvels. The ability to communicate and safely store patient information has the potential to greatly improve quality of care.
Implementing EHR, however, is not costless. There is of course the cost of the EHR system itself and the cost of training staff on how to use the EHR system. patient. But one underappreciated aspect of EHR is that they require physical systems to work. And the cost of that physical infrastructure may often be overlooked. As the Federal News Network reports:
VA’s previous physical infrastructure estimates were unreliable, the department’s inspector general said earlier this week, raising questions about the overall costs of the EHR modernization effort.
VA is updating the electrical work, cabling,...
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