Electronic health records: Moving beyond "just a requirement": Characteristics include the ability to promote adherence in real time.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Handza, Jason
- Source
- Ophthalmology Times. Dec2020, Vol. 45 Issue 20, p8-8. 3/4p.
- Subject
- *HEALTH services administration
*OPHTHALMOLOGY
*REGULATORY approval
*DATA quality
*ELECTRONIC health records
- Language
- ISSN
- 0193-032X
The article reports on the growing adoption by ophthalmologists of electronic health record (EHR) due to its effectiveness and other benefits like user-friendly interface, better quality and accuracy of data collection, and increased time for physicians to treat their patients. Other topics include the EHR's ability to ensure regulatory compliance in real time and its benefits to ophthalmologists who want to consolidate their practices.