The Disability Data Gap
Why is only Epic making SSA's job easier... and why isn't anyone else stepping up?
I thought this article was interesting.
Yes, it's coauthored by Ladd Wiley, who leads the Public Policy team at Epic, so a grain (or handful) of salt is necessary. However, the most interesting section is this quote, which is from the SSA itself:
๐ 2022 ๐๐๐ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ, โ๐๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ป๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐๐ฑ๐ช๐ค ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช๐ค ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ง๐ต๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐๐ฑ๐ช๐ค ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ข ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด.โ
It begs the question - is Epic really the only EHR that does this? If so, why aren't others? I imagine some might say "our provider customers aren't asking for this", but man, talk about doing good in the world and reducing operational burden.