Urology Times September 30, 2022
Electronic Health Records (EHRs) boost the quality of care for patients, according to a new study from the University of Missouri; however, implementation of EHRs has been challenging for physicians and hospitals, as they are rated as cumbersome and inefficient by users.
“They have the potential to be very helpful, but in practice they tend to be very disruptive because it’s time consuming to train personnel how to use them. They’re expensive, and there’s always new complicated updates and new forms that come out, and there is often a lack of interoperability for the data to be shared among different health care organizations,” said Kate Trout, PhD, assistant professor in the University of Missouri School of Health Professions and lead...