More and more physicians use electronic health records, a new survey finds, but it doesn’t mean they like them.
A Medscape survey of more than 21,000 physicians across 25 specialties finds there’s been a nearly 200 percent uptick in the use of EHRs since 2009. Nearly 75 percent are users with another 20 percent planning to implement a system within the next two years.
But overall, most doctors said their experience with EHRs has been a negative one. More than a quarter of physicians indicated their EHRs have led to decreased productivity, as compared to 23 percent and 15 percent who indicated more efficiency and higher productivity, respectively.
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