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Dr Andrew L. Pecora on Remaining Barriers for EHRs
Healthcare is moving toward integrating data systems and eliminating silos but economics and logistics remain barriers to electronic health records, according to Andrew L. Pecora, MD, FACP, CPE, chief innovation officer professor and vice president of cancer services at the John Theurer Cancer Center.
Andrew L. Pecoa, MD, FACP, CPE: Well, I think the principle reason why those today who have not gone to an electronic health record is probably going to be a combination of economics and logistics. It is expensive and it’s not just the expense of purchasing the EMR but the upkeep, the transition from paper charts to electronic charts, how it affects your billing and collection. And many physicians and offices and even some hospital systems, they’re at their limit of what they can handle. Their margins have been really compressed to very low numbers, so they don’t have a lot of time. So I think that’s the problem.
In regard to the disconnect, I think everyone realizes even though we’ve not yet to prove, everyone realizes that the era of paper charts and paper medicine has come to a close and that’s because in order for us to coherently move into the era of precision medicine and payment reform, those two things together, you’re going to have to have access to data. You have to be able to analyze data and you have to be able to report back on the data you analyze, and the only way to do that is through electronic record.
New Insights Into Meth-Associated PAH Care Gaps: Anjali Vaidya, MD, on Closing the Divide
June 4th 2025Research from Anjali Vaidya, MD, FACC, FASE, FACP, Temple University Hospital, reveals critical care gaps for patients with methamphetamine-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), emphasizing the need for early diagnosis and integrated support.
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Laundromats as a New Frontier in Community Health, Medicaid Outreach
May 29th 2025Lindsey Leininger, PhD, and Allister Chang, MPA, highlight the potential of laundromats as accessible, community-based settings to support Medicaid outreach, foster trust, and connect families with essential health and social services.
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Tailored Dosing for MM Matters More Than Drug Count: Ajai Chari, MD
April 25th 2025When it comes to treating multiple myeloma (MM), Ajai Chari, MD, argued that more is not always better. More intense treatment regimens, or those with more drugs, don't necessarily guarantee better outcomes.
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What's at Stake as Oral Arguments Are Presented in the Braidwood Case? Q&A With Richard Hughes IV
April 21st 2025Richard Hughes IV, JD, MPH, spoke about the upcoming oral arguments to be presented to the Supreme Court regarding the Braidwood case, which would determine how preventive services are guaranteed insurance coverage.
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