New HHS Secretary, rather than singing unabashed praise for EMRs like his predecessors, states the obvious. However, the " solutions " are the usual boilerplate.

In the past, politicians on both sides of the aisle have generally sung unfettered and uncritical praise for electronic medical records and other health IT systems.Perhaps letters like this one from Jan. 2015, from near 40 major US medical societies bemoaning the injurious effects of health IT on medical practice, have finally had an effect: http://mb.cision.com/Public/373/9710840/9053557230dbb768.pdfFirst page preview of Jan. 2015 medical societies complaint letter to HHS about health IT.  Full letter athttp://mb.cision.com/Public/373/9710840/9053557230dbb768.pdfIn any case, this recent article caught me by surprise:HHS Secretary Price promises reduced health IT burden for physiciansApril 27, 2017Gregory TwachtmanFrontline Medical Newshttp://www.mdedge.com/acssurgerynews/article/136747/business-medicine/hhs-secretary-price-promises-reduced-health-it WASHINGTON– Reducing IT burden for doctors and fostering interoperability are two top tech priorities for Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, MD." We simply have to do a better job of reducing the burden of health IT on physicians and all health care providers, ” Dr. Price said April 27 atHealth Datapalooza, an annual conference on health data transparency. “Thepromise of big data and health information technology is so great and absolutely remarkable but we must not, we cannot continue to get this wrong. ”The burdens have become so onerous that the new HHS secretary made these statements:EHR req...
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