June 15, 2011, 9:44 am / ONC Office of Communications
via www.healthit.gov
Here's one family practitioner's testimonial as to why EHRs are an important mission critical part of a practice (for the full interview click on the link above). Sure Dr. Brull is happy to get the EHR incentive dollars, BUT she is much happier that she is providing better care to her patients (and likely sleeps better because of it).
You can't manage want you don't measure and track. In this case, automatic notices made a huge difference in the life of three patients.
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