RE: Strategy on Reducing Regulatory and Administrative Burden Relating to the Use of Health
IT and EHRs
Dear Dr. Rucker:
On behalf of more than 100,000 specialty physicians from 15 specialty and subspecialty societies, and
dedicated to the development of sound federal health care policy that fosters patient access to the
highest quality specialty care, the undersigned members of the Alliance of Specialty Medicine (the
“Alliance”) appreciate the opportunity to provide feedback on the on agency’s strategy on reducing
regulatory and administrative burden relating to the use of health IT and electronic health records (EHRs).
Draft Strategy
Among its overarching goals designed to reduce clinician burden, the Office of the National Coordinator
(ONC) looks to reduce the effort and time required to record health information in EHRs for clinicians;
reduce the effort and time required to meet regulatory reporting requirements for clinicians, hospitals,
and healthcare organizations; and improve the functionality and intuitiveness (ease of use) of EHRs.
Generally, the Alliance supports ONC’s broad-base efforts to reduce burden associated with the use of
health IT. We provide additional context and recommended actions in the below paragraphs.
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