EHR Again

HHS has published a set of recommendations to reduce the burden of the EHR on the delivery of health care.

They note:

Based on this input, the draft strategy outlines three overarching goals designed to reduce clinician burden:

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

 As we have been noting for a decade this thrust of the ACA and its manager at the time was a massive useless burden on medicine and the patient. It was in my opinion thrust upon all of us by individuals who had apparently no idea what they were doing. 

This of course seems to be the general thrust of Governments.