Essential Electronic Health Record Reforms for This Decade
Don Eugene Detmer, Andrew Gettinger
Abstract
This Viewpoint posits suggestions to reform electronic health records (EHRs), including use of unique personal safety identifiers, reduction of administrative and regulatory content from clinical time, inclusion of patient-entered information into the EHR, and reinvention of the clinical note.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineElectronic health recordHealth recordsInclusion (mineral)Health information technologyIdentifierUnique identifierMeaningful useInternet privacyMedical emergencyHealth careEconomic growthProgramming languageSociologyEconomicsComputer scienceGender studiesElectronic Health Records SystemsMedical Research and PracticesEthics in Clinical Research