“I encourage anyone with an EHR or thinking of getting an EHR to read this. I do not think it is a unique story.
I recently spent an hour with my cardiologist. He is employed by a very large teaching hospital. After checking my vitals, listening to my heart, and asking a few questions, he moved from the exam table to the keyboard—where he remained.
Click…click…click
The focus of our conversation quickly moved away from me and onto him—more accurately to his Hospital’s three-year-old EHR system. I learned quickly from him that calling it a system was somewhat optimistic.”
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Paul Roemer, Healthcare IT Strategy, 4 March 2010
