“Verma outlined the ways CMS intends to tackle provider burden and regulatory complexity along with other issues including EHR usability and interoperability at the 2017 ONC Annual Meeting in Washington, DC.”
“One of the things we are finding is that even with regulation that we have in individual areas — we have one for outpatient, inpatient — but we don’t think about how all the regulation and rules come together for one system…”
“As part of its efforts to reduce regulatory burden, CMS has launched initiatives including Meaningful Measures and Patients Over Paperwork.”
“In order to ease frustrations surrounding reporting, Verma stated health IT developers and providers need to work together to improve EHR usability and interoperability…”
Source: CMS Head Recognizes Need for Fewer Clinical Quality Measures – By Kate Monica, December 4, 2017, EHR Intelligence. Read the full article here.
