It’s embarrassing and it can show itself at awkward moments.  It’s called FDD.  How many of you are struggling with Functional Deficiency Disorder?

Most of you would agree that the basic components of an EHR system include:

Clinical Documentation

Data Export

Data Import

Decision Support System

ePrescribing

Order Management

Reporting Requirements

Results Management

Privacy and Security

That said, why is there such a disconnect between what it’s capable of doing and what it does?  EHR math spells it out this way:

Capability-Usability=FDD

I’ve been discussing this with a number of people who have stuff they want to sell healthcare providers.  They have a long list of what they think causes FDD.  Guess what?  They think most of the problems can be attributed to the providers.  Who’da thunk it?

For those who continue to suffer from FDD, have your people call my people, and we’ll do lunch.