Currently most physician practices in the US have transformed their patient paper records into electronic health records (EHR). Now that the dust has settled, what’s the level of satisfaction experienced by physicians? Results of two recent surveys provide interesting and conflicting information regarding the impact of EHRs on practices.
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Correct, Complete, and Electronic
There’s no doubt about it. The explosion of information technology in health care settings has revolutionized the way clinicians do their charting. Many patient interactions that used to require the composition of full sentences are now reduced to checkboxes. Patient records are viewable by many clinicians in multiple locations as patients move through diagnosis and treatment.
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