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Is Your EHR Making Your Life Better or Worse?

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  At face value, it would seem the documenting and maintaining patient medical records electronically should be more efficient and easier for physicians and providers. However, many medical practices are finding Electronic Health Record  solutions can be more of a burden than an asset. Physicians complain that they keep putting data into the electronic health record, but have trouble accessing it in a simple, insightful way. The inability to extract and exchange information among many of today’s often-outdated EMR/electronic health record systems and providers negatively disrupts workflow, adversely affects the quality of patient care, and creates destructive confusion and ambiguity. The wrong electronic health record solutions greatly contribute to provider burnout and dissatisfaction. Uncomplicate the User Interface of electronic health record Busy and complicated user interfaces on some electronic health record can make patient record documentation and medical charting a cumbersome