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EMR shutdown highlights vulnerability in health care IT

KevinMD

Imagine that he had developed his own EMR and informed every Epic user that they should watch their email for their assigned migration dates to the system he had developed, to be completed in the next 60 days. Read more… EMR shutdown highlights vulnerability in health care IT originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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Save time with these EMR dot phrase tips every doctor should know

KevinMD

I’ll explain the system I use Read more… Save time with these EMR dot phrase tips every doctor should know originally appeared in KevinMD.com. And how do you remember all these shortcuts? Over the years, I’ve made tons of templates, each with its own shortcut.

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The secret to clear EMR notes

KevinMD

Are you tired of spending hours deciphering your colleagues’ EMR notes or struggling to understand your own? Why you Read more… The secret to clear EMR notes originally appeared in KevinMD.com. Excessive details in documentation can lead to confusion and decreased productivity.

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An EMR frustration that is still torturing us

KevinMD

I have written, or more accurately ranted, about electronic medical records (EMR) systems throughout this blog. Of course, EMR has brought tremendous advantages to the medical profession, and we are all […].

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EMR Optimization is a Continuous Process

Healthcare IT Today

In this video, their CIO Darrell Bodnar describes their on-going efforts to optimize and integrate a new EMR. When it comes to EHR go-lives and optimization, it’s hard to reproduce quickly all the features of the previous EMR during an EMR go-live and new features keep coming.

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How have EMRs changed the doctor-patient relationship?

KevinMD

I have penned several posts on the pitfalls of the electronic medical record (EMR) system that we physicians must use. Indeed, I challenge you to find a doctor who extols the EMR platform without qualification. Sure, there are tremendous advantages, and the ease of use has improved substantially since it first came onto the scene.

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5 steps to fix our EMR disaster

KevinMD

The EMR has become a focal point in the physician burnout discussion. Although I believe EMRs are a necessary evil, current iterations of them are just not good. Each click on a mouse is a prick on the many good souls that figuratively bleed until they are physically and mentally burned out. Scribes are not […].

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