Strategy On Reducing Regulatory & Administrative Burden Relating To The Use Of Health IT & EHRs

This document was released on November 28, 2018, by the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), in partnership with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). HHS is planning to update its requirements for health information technology (health IT) to reduce the burden on clinical professionals. The key focus is on reducing the effort and time needed to record health information in an electronic health record (EHR) and reducing the effort and time needed to meet regulatory reporting requirements for clinical professionals, hospitals, and health care provider . . .