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|Videos|March 23, 2021
How physicians can address new EHR headaches
Author(s)Chris Mazzolini
How physicians can tackle new challenges with EHR systems, on this week’s Medical Economics Pulse
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Every physicians know by now that EHR systems are major contributor to physician burnout. Efforts are under way to address this is, both on the part of the federal government and the EHR vendors themselves.
But what to do physicians say are the issues? And are the efforts lining up with the needs of frontline providers?
I sat down with
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