2018 – Draft Strategy on Reducing Regulatory and Administrative Burden Relating to the Use of Health IT and EHR

In October 2018, the Office of National Coordinator released the draft “Strategy on Reducing Regulatory and Administrative Burden Relating to the Use of Health IT and EHR“, which  outlines three overarching goals designed to reduce clinician burden related to Health IT:

• Reduce the effort and time required to record health information in EHRs for clinicians;
• Reduce the effort and time required to meet regulatory reporting requirements for clinicians, hospitals, and healthcare organizations; and
• Improve the functionality and intuitiveness (ease of use) of EHRs.

In January 2019, the Society submitted letter commenting on the draft strategy.