LinkedIn users: EHRs plagued by poor design, clinical disconnect

It doesn’t take much to get clinicians to express their opinions about EHRs riddled with inefficient, cumbersome, and frustrating interfaces.  EHR backlash is at an all-time high, so EHRintelligence asked LinkedIn users how we can turn the dissatisfaction around.  The resulting comments pointed to a fundamental disconnect between design and daily use, and unleashed significant criticism of the government’s push for EHR adoption before vendors could produce a product worth using...

Julie Bartels, National Healthcare Information at ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value...In reality, the historical and primary purpose of EMRs was to capture the data necessary to bill and collect revenue, not to support the evaluation or improvement of clinical care processes. Using this square peg to fill a round hole is awkward and time consuming. And it doesn’t stand a chance in resulting in higher physician satisfaction without a complete overhaul in which the system focuses on the patient experience and outcome rather than revenue management....