EHR adoption may not bring costs, quality benefits

Reporting requirements and the extra time spent learning and using new software may be limiting the payoff from using electronic health records, according to the New York Times.

Several healthcare professionals weighed in on how increased use of EHRs hasn’t always benefitted patients or providers. In one example, Peter Sutherland, MD, a family medicine physician at Morristown, Tenn.-based Healthstar Physicians, said since adopting a cloud-based system for billing and EHR in 2012, both his personal income and the group’s revenue have fallen by 8 percent.

“I’m working harder and getting a little less,” he said.

For more on Sutherland’s struggles with EHR, and what experts have to say about the disconnect between adoption and productivity, click on the link below:

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John Gregory, Senior Writer

John joined TriMed in 2016, focusing on healthcare policy and regulation. After graduating from Columbia College Chicago, he worked at FM News Chicago and Rivet News Radio, and worked on the state government and politics beat for the Illinois Radio Network. Outside of work, you may find him adding to his never-ending graphic novel collection.

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