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EHRs’ Evolution: Are They Advancing Too Slowly?

August 25, 2016

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Last week, when I read a commentary from physicians in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) about their dissatisfaction with electronic health records (EHRs), I was particularly intrigued to see that the authors went to the next level in terms of specifically pinpointing their frustrations.

The piece, penned by Donna M. Zulman, M.D., Nigam H. Shah, Ph.D., and Abraham Verghese, M.D., all with affiliations to the Stanford University School of Medicine, titled “Evolutionary Pressures on the Electronic Health Record,” kicked off by mentioning that EHRs “have the potential to prevent medication errors and decrease duplicative tests, contributing to the safety and value of care.”

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