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For every hour doctors spend on direct patient care, they spend two hours on data entry and administrative tasks.

Doctors’ dissatisfaction with electronic systems is linked to requirements to perform clerical tasks, survey results show.

Lack of capability to exchange info limits value of EHRs, says AMA head Stephen Stack, MD.

Physician organization builds on commitment to influence HIT, says James Madara, MD

Implementation of EHRs is no longer an end goal; federal agencies set sights on broader technology support of health reform.

New MIPS Medicare plan would fold in meaningful use program and give physicians a simpler program that enables them to customize how they qualify.

CMIO, Michael Hodgkins, MD, assumes leading role in The Sequoia Project; physicians’ organization also looking for greater voice in making EHRs and other tech more usable.

Disagreements about how to pay for telemedicine have hampered its use for years. Now, a bipartisan telehealth bill, co-sponsored by Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), has widespread support from across the industry.