WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released on Nov. 28 its strategy for tackling burdensome health-record paperwork that has been made worse by the advent of electronic health records, known in the industry as EHR.
Information trapped inside noncompatible software and rapidly changing federal and state regulations has likely contributed to a consolidation of health care providers, which limits the number of physicians in private practices.
