Fix EHRs for the patient-physician relationship, Senator says

Electronic health records (EHR) have caused many problems for the patient-physician relationship, and Sen. Bill Cassidy, MD, R-La., definitely has his fair share of troublesome EHR stories. The current state of EHRs is tearing the patient-physician relationship apart, Sen. Cassidy said. And that’s why he is taking steps in the U.S. Senate to relieve this burden and put physicians in the driver's seat. Sen. Cassidy recently spoke to the health IT community at Health Datapalooza in Washington, D.C. Sen. Cassidy and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., who also spoke at the event, introduced the Transparent Ratings on Usability and Security to Transform Information Technology Act of 2015, also called the TRUST IT Act, which would create a star rating system to assess the interoperability, usability and security of certified health IT. The AMA issued a letter of support (log in) for this bill. 4 stories: How EHRs are affecting relationships with patients X-ray on a disc: Sen. Cassidy said his mother recently had an injury, and he accompanied her to her physician’s office. All the required steps in the EHR almost led to the wrong test being ordered and a collapsed vertebra being missed. In seeking advice from a fellow physician and friend the next day, Sen. Cassidy asked if he could take a look at the x-ray and offer his opinion. The physician said that the two facilities don’t share data and so the senator would have to put the information on a disc and bring it in h...
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