Making Electronic Health Records More Supportive for Clinicians
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Electronic health records (EHRs) hold great promise to assist clinicians, but current versions are less user-friendly than ideal. JAMA Associate Editor Tracy Lieu, MD, MPH, spoke with Kevin B. Johnson, MD, MS, University of Pennsylvania, and William W. Stead, MD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, about how to improve EHRs to protect cognitive attention and optimize their potential to provide cognitive support to health care professionals. Related Content: Making Electronic Health Records Both SAFER and SMARTER
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