Price Transparency in the Electronic Health Record

To the Editor Dr Miller and colleagues discussed implementing price transparency for health care products and services in electronic health record (EHRs). Price display interventions on paper, before EHRs, were associated with reduced costs. However, a recent analysis reviewing only EHR-based interventions concluded that they were not beneficial. The explanation why remains unclear, and it may include information overload or the price display lacking notable visibility. Additionally, as Mummadi and Mishra pointed out, it may be attributable to the phenomenon of screen inferiority —learning from an electronic screen is more challenging compared with paper.
Source: JAMA - Category: General Medicine Source Type: research