If you’ve read the healthcare IT trade press recently, you’ve no doubt seen stories about the clinical usability of EHRs and how it can be improved. When you look at the issue closely there are, ultimately, two approaches to “breaking the usability barrier” of these systems:
1. Provide EHR users with instant access to relevant clinical information for any condition a patient presents. This information should be connected to clinically responsive workflows that mirror the way physicians and nurses think and enable them to get all their work done at the point of care. This includes documentation, quality measures, specific protocols, diagnostic and E&M coding––all while managing issues related to clinical risk management for value-based care.
