Moving EHR Investments From ‘Must Do’ To ‘Must Have’

Over the past decade, the rapid adoption of electronic health record systems has revolutionized the health care industry, but the promise of better care, improved outcomes, and lower costs has not yet been fully realized. Challenges with interoperability, the ability to exchange information electronically, hinders clinicians and patients from obtaining medically relevant, actionable, and usable data to inform treatment decisions

This quote is from a letter Ben Moscovitch, Manager, Health Information Technology of The Pew Charitable Trusts sent to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology in January (see Letter To The ONC). While the letter has . . .