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7 reasons why Electronic Health Records (EHR) fail to make the grade

April 16, 2009

According to Rob Preston of Informationweek.com, here are the main reasons why healthcare facilities choose not to impliment EHR programs....

  • They can't articulate a set of requirements against which products can be judged.
  • EMR systems aren't flexible enough, requiring workarounds even before their implementation is complete.
  • There's a mismatch between the tasks products are expected to perform and the products' actual functionality.
  • Some systems are conceived as a "simple" add-on to the billing system.
  • System workflows consume way too much physician time and attention.
  • There isn't adequate integration between internal and external systems.
  • Costs
  • Maybe there is something here I can work on....um


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