How Non-Transferable EHRs Have Affected Physician Practices

So can we be saved by an innovator who understands that EHR systems should be helpful, not horrible, encourage creative thinking, not stifle it and keep the user thoughtfully engaged, not terribly discouraged?

As we approach launch day, in their hourly e-mails, our IT bosses constantly sing the praises of our new EHR. They foresee a brave new world of data acquisition. However, unlike Pavlov’s dogs, I am not salivating at this prospect.

Simon M. Helfgott, MD, is associate professor of medicine in the Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy at Harvard Medical School in Boston.

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My dear electronic health records How do I dislike thee? Let me count the ways Adaptation of Sonnet 43 By Elizabeth Barrett Browning, 1806–1861 As my tenure as physician editor winds down, it’s worth reviewing some of the more nettlesome issues confronting clinicians that have been previously discussed in these pages and gauge their current…

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS’) Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program—Meaningful Use—requires that eligible providers participating in the incentive program successfully demonstrate meaningful use of the EHR system by reporting on a set of core and menu functional objectives to qualify for incentive payments of up to $44,000.

Consider both your practice’s needs and the long-term viability of the technology when selecting an EHR system.

Digitized patient records have transformed how clinicians record, understand clinical information

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