Senate panel to look into EHR usability

Healthcare IT News: Unhappy with the state of electronic health records across the country two U.S. Senators have decided to take the matter into their own hands.

Lamar Alexander, a Republican from Tennessee and chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pension, or HELP, and Ranking Member Patty Murray, a Democrat from Washington State, announced Wednesday they would form a bipartisan, full health committee working group to identify ways to improve electronic health records.

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