Pediatric Ophthalmology Struggles with EHR

"In adopting electronic health records, there are challenges for pediatric ophthalmology that other subspecialties do not face, a speaker said ...at the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus meeting," according to an OSNSuperSite post. "For pediatric ophthalmologists, one of the challenges is that the workflow is complex and there is no standardized electronic pediatric ophthalmology exam form. Without such a standardized form, it is difficult to exchange data. Furthermore, ophthalmology in general relies heavily on photography, and pediatric ophthalmology in particular relies further on drawings and annotations." Read more.