EMRs also:
1) take up invaluable time entering in more data (this cannot be repeated enough).
2) create reimbursement systems based on what is documented moreso than what is done.
3) are at times unweidly
4) inevitably go down from time to time.
Most counter-intuitive and bulky, and even an "expert" f%$*s it up when trying to use it.
1) take up invaluable time entering in more data (this cannot be repeated enough). *** and ICD-10 makes it FAR worse ***
2) create reimbursement systems based on what is documented moreso than what is done. *** agreed, ironically ICD-10 was supposed to help this. NOT! ***
3) are at times unweidly <— getting better, but yeah.
4) inevitably go down from time to time. <— and paper file get lost/ found/ lost/ found ;-)
The only ones to really benefit from EMR’s were the companies that wrote the software and sold it to doctors and hospitals. Not even necessary for sales staff to leave their office when you have a product mandated by the government and only a very few approved suppliers.