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Will Electronic Health Records Ever Be Usable?
[By Darrell K. Pruitt DDS]
The American Medical Association
The AMA attempts to address the frustration EHRs create, especially for doctors and other healthcare workers. ‘It’s easy to use, once you know where everything is,’ the instructor said during an EHR training session I recently attended.
Most EHR companies seem to believe this is an acceptable way to design software. EHR usability has been greatly ignored by vendors, and last week the American Medical Association issued eight usability priorities in an attempt to address the issue.
This directive comes as a result of a joint study by the RAND Corporation and the AMA highlighting EHRs as a significant detractor from physicians’ professional satisfaction.” Commentary by Stephanie Kreml for InformationWeek, September 26, 2014.
The American Dental Association
On the other hand, “EHRs provide long-term savings and convenience,” no byline, ADA News, December 6, 2013.
[POW – SPLAT – BIFF – UGH]
More:
- The Percentage of Office-Based Doctors with EHRs
- Do Nurses like EHRs?
- EHRs – Still Not Ready For Prime Time
- The “Price” of eHRs
- Borges versus Kvedar Video eHR Debate
EHRs versus the Federal Government
Government mandated EHRs – what a waste!
“Doctors, Hospitals Went Digital, But Still Can’t Share Records – After spending billions to switch from paper to digital records — much of it taxpayer subsidized through the economic stimulus package — providers say the systems often do not share information with competitors.”
[Kaiser Health News, October 1, 2014]
http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Daily-Reports/2014/October/01/marketplace.aspx
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