How Do EHR Dashboards Help Physicians?

EHR dashboards can bring information from patient and practice workflows into a more accessible reporting format.

Depending on the system, physicians may use dashboards to review areas such as:

• Patient activity
• Clinical information
• Quality measures
• Orders
• Follow-up activity
• Practice workflows
• Performance indicators

The value of an EHR dashboard depends on the quality and relevance of the information displayed.

A dashboard should reduce the need to search through multiple screens or reports for basic performance information.

For practice management, EHR information can also be combined with scheduling, billing or referral data when appropriate and permitted.

The goal is to turn existing healthcare information into a format that supports faster understanding and better operational decisions.