Maria D Joyce, Carl Buising, Juergen A Klenk, Michelle Lardner, Rachael Schacherer, Jonathan Wachtel, Rayneisha Watson, Jon W McKeeby
With the enactment of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act in 2009, hospitals and physician practices across the country converted from a system of paper recordkeeping to fully integrated electronic health records (EHR).1 , 2 With financial incentives in hand, there was a rush to market to acquire and implement these systems. Fast-forward 10 years, and it is apparent that the EHR space has significantly evolved in technology, processes, and policies.3 These changes should make organizations examine their EHR and organizational models and consider if they are using the best EHR to meet their organizational needs for the next 20 years...
2022: Perspectives in Health Information Management