Our small ER group fought hard against the electronic medical records when proposed and instituted in our hospital’s emergency room.
The hospital was paid 1 million dollars by the Feds to institute the electronic medical record, and we got to muddle through the nonsense, clicking boxes to try to make a coherent medical record that used to take 5 minutes to write or dictate which now consumes up to half an hour to place into the medical record electronically.
It is an absolute nightmare. Distracts us from thinking about our patients, you know that poor soul on the gurney.
When we complain to the administration their line is, “You’ll get used to it.”
Well, it has been 3 years and I am still not used to it.
When you ‘get used to it’, it will be revised and upgraded... so you can ‘get used to it’, ALL OVER AGAIN!