EHR Intelligence October 11, 2017
Kate Monica

Providers hesitant to engage in innovative EHR use lose opportunities to save money and improve patient safety.

Innovative EHR use can solve a host of healthcare’s biggest problems, according to a new op-ed in Harvard Business Review.

Virginia Mason’s James Bender, MD, and Robert S. Mecklenburg, MD, highlighted how innovative EHR use presents new opportunities to reduce excessive spending, medical errors, and unnecessary surgeries.

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