EHRs and Transcription: Can both live in harmony? EHRs were projected to reduce the need for transcription. However, with slower than anticipated adoption of EHRs by providers coupled with concerns about quality and fear of inaccurate documentation and over-billing due to inappropriate copy/paste and template use, there is still a demand for transcription technology and services. A skilled medical transcriptionist can be the economical choice when faced with passing time-consuming tasks on to the most expensive person in the documentation workflow – the physician – and can serve as the extra pair of eyes to validate structured and encoded data intended for consumption by the EHR.

Mostashari calls on vendors to play fair

Says some of their actions are "beyond the pale," and that if need be, ONC will issue more regulations

WASHINGTON | February 7, 2013

Some vendors include what Mostashari called "chilling language" in their contracts that discourage providers from moving to another vendor. These vendors may tell providers they will lose the ability to report safety events. Mostashari said there is no explicit language in the current meaningful use regulations to prohibit this. “We are expecting vendors to step up,” he said, “but if we have to, we will go back to the regulatory process.”

Mostashari apologized for using a "broad brush" on the vendor community – "by and large they meeting the needs of their customers, and doing right by their customers."

He also urged customers to act together, so that "as part of a community, we can get to where we need to go on data usability and safety."

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