The inevitable downgrading of burdensome, destructive EHRs back to paper & document imaging

In recent days, I ' ve posted about current articles on the destructive nature of today ' s vastly over-complex, burdensome EHR technology.  These posts included "Physicians Harassed by Overwhelming Levels of Messaging From Electronic Medical Records" athttp://hcrenewal.blogspot.com/2018/01/physicians-harassed-by-onerwhelming.htmland" Medical Economics: Highly experienced physicians lost to medicine over bad health IT " athttp://hcrenewal.blogspot.com/2018/01/medical-economics-highly-experienced.html.There are many other earlier articles of a similar nature discussed on this blog, e.g., the May 2017 post  "Death By A Thousand Clicks: Leading Boston Doctors Decry Electronic Medical Records" athttp://hcrenewal.blogspot.com/2017/05/death-by-thousand-clicks-leading-boston.html for one, and others retrievable by query linkshttp://hcrenewal.blogspot.com/search/label/healthcare%20IT%20dissatisfaction,http://hcrenewal.blogspot.com/search/label/Healthcare%20IT%20failure and similar.Here ' s another recent article along the same lines that just appeared in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine:PerspectiveBeyond Burnout — Redesigning Care to Restore Meaning and Sanity for PhysiciansAlexi A. Wright, M.D., M.P.H., and Ingrid T. Katz, M.D., M.H.S.January 25, 2018N Engl J Med 2018; 378:309-311http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1716845In late 2016, a primary care physician with a thriving practice decided it was time to shut her doors. She felt her retirement was...
Source: Health Care Renewal - Category: Health Management Tags: Alexi Wright MD bad health IT burnout Christine A. Sinsky healthcare IT difficulties Healthcare IT failure Ingrid Katz MD NEJM Source Type: blogs