“Recently, we suggested that innovative business models can drive vendors to produce breakthroughs in EMR usability. We subsequently argued that market forces are more efficient than regulation as a means to assure rapid dissemination of usable EMRs. If the market is to work its magic in this regard, physicians need simple ways to compare EMRs when it comes to usability.
The Regional Extension Centers, the American College of Physicians, KLAS and other organizations provide comparative data on EMR usability, but their evaluations are subject to financial conflicts involving the very EMR vendors that they evaluate.”
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Glenn Laffel, EHR Bloggers, 28 June 2010
