Strategy On Reducing Regulatory & Administrative Burden Relating To The Use Of Health IT & EHRs

On February 21, 2020, the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Information Health Technology (ONC) issued its final strategies to reduce the regulatory and administrative burden of using health information technology (IT) and electronic health records (EHRs). The strategies address clinical documentation, ease of using health IT tools and systems, and federal health IT and EHRs reporting requirements. Other strategies addressed public health reporting, which includes coordination with prescription drug reporting programs and electronic prescribing of controlled substances . . .