Fifteen years after meaningful use incentives propelled the shift to EHRs, health system leaders told Becker's that digitizing medical records has been a net positive for the industry — with some caveats.'Regardless of your position, there is no doubt that EHRs have changed the face of healthcare,' said Sandra Hales, associate vice president for IT clinical applications at Phoenix-based Banner Health.

在有意义的使用激励措施推动向EHR的转变15年后，卫生系统领导人告诉贝克尔，数字化医疗记录对该行业产生了积极的影响，但也有一些警告总部位于凤凰城的Banner Health负责IT临床应用的副总裁桑德拉·黑尔斯（SandraHales）说，无论你的立场如何，电子病历无疑改变了医疗保健的面貌。

'Patients now have timely access to records and data that is simplified for understanding, and there's a level of inclusivity and responsibility for patients to engage in their own care.'A challenge is that clinicians commonly feel an electronic screen has come between them and their patients, often for the purpose of increasing daily documentation for reimbursement, she said.

“患者现在可以及时访问简化理解的记录和数据，并且患者有一定程度的包容性和责任参与自己的护理。”她说，一个挑战是，临床医生通常会觉得他们和患者之间有一个电子屏幕，通常是为了增加每日报销文件。

But she called the data generated from EHRs and their algorithms and safety checks 'invaluable.''Lives are saved from simple human error,' she said.In 2009, then-President Barack Obama signed into law the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, aka the HITECH Act, part of a larger economic stimulus package that provided about $35 billion in incentives for hospitals that made 'meaningful use' of EHRs.

但她称EHR及其算法和安全检查产生的数据“非常宝贵”她说，生命是从简单的人为错误中拯救出来的。2009年，时任总统巴拉克·奥巴马（Barack Obama）将《健康信息技术促进经济和临床健康法案》（Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act，又名《高科技法案》）签署成为法律，该法案是一项更大的经济刺激计划的一部分，该计划为“有意义地使用”电子病历的医院提供了约350亿美元的激励措施。

Many health system leaders agreed that the transition to digital wouldn't have happened as quickly, or at all, without this push.'Meaningful use was necessary in EHR adoption and created a better and more digitized process,' said Ed McCallister, CIO of Pittsburgh-based UPMC. 'Over the past 15 years, we have not connected the dots as quickly to allow for a truly connected patient experience.

许多卫生系统领导人都同意，如果没有这一推动，向数字化的过渡不会那么快，或者根本不会发生。”总部位于匹兹堡的UPMC首席信息官埃德·麦卡利斯特（EdMcCallister）说，EHR的采用需要有意义的使用，并创造了一个更好、更数字化的过程在过去的15年中，我们没有尽快将这些点连接起来，以实现真正连接的患者体验。

I am confident that [artificial intelligence] will accelerate what we know as today's health record.'Laura Wilt, chief digital officer of Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health, pointed to .

我相信（人工智能）将加速我们今天的健康记录。”总部位于加利福尼亚州萨克拉门托的萨特健康公司首席数字官劳拉·威尔特（LauraWilt）指出。