What Will It Take to Cure EHR Note Bloat?

June 1, 2022

(Medscape) – I recently returned to hospital-based cardiology because I missed patient contact and the camaraderie of colleagues. What I didn’t miss was all the typing. Not a day goes by when I do not curse Epic, MEDITECH, Athenahealth, Cerner, and any and all electronic health record (EHR) platforms. I remember how efficient my day used to be, when I could quickly dictate a note, spend more time with patients, and get home to my family. For those of us in hospital-based medicine, there is no help in sight, but help did come for my friends in office-based medicine in January 2021. However, despite changes in the Evaluation & Management (E/M) coding requirements, many doctors remain chained to their laptops typing the equivalent of War and Peace. (Read More)