Strategy on Reducing Burden Relating to the Use of Health IT and EHRs | HealthIT.gov

Strategy on Reducing Burden Relating to the Use of Health IT and EHRs | HealthIT.gov





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HHS has a plan to reduce the pain of EHRs

Attention all clinicians annoyed by electronic health records: HHS has unveiled a draft plan to ease the administrative burden of using the software. The federal health agency's strategy, which was required by the 21^st Century Cures Act, outlines steps it thinks can cut down on all the time spent checking boxes or meeting documentation requirements instead of tending to patients. The draft strategy is open for public comments through Jan. 28, 2019.