“Note bloat” exists, and it is imperiling patient safety. But reforming physician documentation is a question that involves leadership, training, and education of physicians and others.
Anyone who knows any physicians in practice these days knows that doctors are feeling pressured on all sides, as their organizations implement and optimize electronic health records (EHRs), move forward to comply with the meaningful use requirements under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, prepare to transition to the new ICD-10 coding system, and fulfi ll diverse requirements related to the mandatory and voluntary programs under the Aff ordable Care Act (ACA).
