Usable EMR, Post EMR World, and Impact of Meaningful Use

Many #doctors hate #EMR‘s, but they aren’t against #tech per se; want #usability so #EHR works for them. @RobertWahMD #DrHIT #HIMSS14

— Wen Dombrowski MD (@HealthcareWen) February 23, 2014

This is an important nuance. Although, I’d argue that the biggest challenge to EMR usability is onerous billing requirements and prescriptive meaningful use requirements.

We are living in the post EMR world where we are forced to deal with information in various formats, locations, and systems. #ignow

— Michelle Paster (@MichellePaster) February 20, 2014

I’m really interested in the description of a post EMR world. It makes me ask myself the question, “What can we do with 100% EMR implementation?”

@wareFLO Nuance lost in a tweet! MU spurred adoption. May have stifled innovation esp usability

— Robert S. Miller, MD (@rsm2800) February 17, 2014

MU has spurred EHR adoption. No arguments there. Hard to argue against MU killing much of the EHR innovation and usability. We’ll see which exceptions emerge from the dust.

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