The EHR offers benefits to nurses, physicians, and other health care providers, the health care enterprise, and most importantly, the consumer. Much must be done before the benefits associated with the EHR can be realized
Which of the following is one action that has been proposed by experts? 1. Health care professionals should institute major changes in the way they work.
2. Consumers need education to choose providers based upon appropriate financial and insurance considerations.
3. Individual consumers should have lesser responsibility for data.
4. Government intervention should promote information exchange among software vendors and health care systems.
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Rationale: Some experts call for stronger action on the part of the government to promote information exchange among software vendors and health care systems. They note that competing software vendors and health care systems have little incentive to exchange information that might cause them to lose their competitive edge.
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a. "Hormonal drugs are not as effective as complementary therapies." b. "Hormonal drugs cause increased constipation." c. "Hormonal drugs increase the risk of blood clots." d. "Hormonal drugs promote uterine atony."