emrs have thrown cold water over the use of paper records!

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The difference between EMRs and paper records is the difference between clunky file cabinets and cloud storage.

Digitizing records makes them more accessible and transferrable.

And despite whispers of dissatisfaction there are several

advantages of working with EMRs.

Easy storage and no change in quality over time

Comprehensibility

Easily accessible

Better Security

EMRs make it safer and easier to share medical records.

Vital information, such as blood type, drugs prescribed, and medical history, are easy to share at the time of need.

During times of emergency EMRs are life savers and can help in quick medical decision making.

Most physicians find it difficult and painful to work with EMRs.

Doctors struggle to work with EMRs due to its complex interface and tough navigation.

Doctors find the “click and drop down” capability of an EMR as a great feature. This leads to errors in the documentation process.

According to a survey the habit of copy and paste has been adopted by 78% of the physicians, who find it better than hand copying procedures which had oodles of error.

As reckless copy pasting can lead to duplication of data.

Audit your medical practice’s documentation procedure regularly.

Invite someone outside of your medical practice to review your clinical records.

Customize the templates you get from your vendor.

If the EMR systems coding algorithm is updating E/M codes very often then you need to keep an eye on the coding calculator algorithms.

Customization is a time consuming and complex process.

Some of the EMRs have customization features.

several template customization specialists who can help in customizing EMRs and better align them to the clinical workflow of practices.

There is an increased need for granularity of medical data and specificity in documentation.

It can be next to impossible for physicians, to manage, the almost unfair demand for pristine documentation.

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