HHS Releases Draft to Reduce Health IT Burden on Providers

HHS has released a draft strategy designed to help reduce administrative and regulatory burden on providers caused by the use of health information technology such as electronic health records. The draft policy paper was required in the 21st Century Cures Act. HHS received input and feedback from stakeholders, including clinicians, expressing concerns that EHR burden negatively affects the end user and ultimately the care delivery experience to create the strategy. The draft strategy outlines three overarching goals designed to reduce clinician burden -

• Reduce the effort and time required to record health information in EHRs for clinicians;
• Reduce the effort and time required to meet regulatory reporting requirements for clinicians, hospitals, and healthcare organizations; and
• Improve the functionality and intuitiveness (ease of use) of EHRs.

Comments are due by January 28, 2019. To read the draft and submit comments, click here.