Physicians at the Michigan Health Information Network in June discussed the elements of EHRs and health information exchanges they find most and least helpful, according to a Crain's Detroit Business report.
Christopher Beal, DO, internist and CMIO at St. Johns Internal Medicine PC and chief of staff at Sparrow Clinton Hospital, both in St. Johns, Mich., said he wants to be able to talk with his EHR and have a conversation every morning to discuss patients he will be seeing that day, similar to how the astronauts spoke with HAL in the movie "2001: A Space Odyssey," according to the report.
James Ryan, DO, a family physician at Ryan Family Practice in Ludington, Mich., said there are too many systems that "are garbage," according to the report. Dr. Ryan indicated the majority of EHR systems aren't making physicians' jobs easier.
Family practitioner Gregg Stefanek, DO, wants a single login for the many electronic systems hospitals have, such as EHRs, disease registries and e-prescribing, according to the report.
Scott Monteith, MD, psychiatrist at Grand Traverse Behavioral Medicine PC in Traverse City, Mich., said he wants health information exchanges and EHRs to aid physicians in achieving the Triple Aim, which will not happen until HIEs and EHRs are interoperable and standardized. He also expressed desire for better support from EHR vendors, according to the report.
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