How Electronic Health Records Are Harming Patients
http://www.cio.com/article/3011576/ehr/why-electronic-health-records-arent-more-usable.html
EHRs are designed to support billing more than patient care,
experts say ... It shouldn't come as a surprise that most
doctors are unhappy with their electronic health record (EHR)
systems, which tend to be clunky, hard to use and may actually
get in the way of truly excellent patient care ... Doctors'
biggest complaint about the EHR is that it slows them down,
especially in the documentation phase. "Compared to handwriting
or dictating, EHRs take doctors nine times longer to enter the
data," Anderson says. "Sure, you have more information in the
EHR than in paper records, but it takes more time." ... Other
alerts go off to prevent adverse drug interactions with other
medications, allergies, or foods. Many of these are
inapplicable to particular patients, and after a while, doctors
may stop paying attention to them or turn them off. Three
quarters of EHRs don't allow the customization of these alerts,
according to Anderson.
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