A Doctor’s Problem With Electronic Records

Paper medical records can easily go missing, contain bad or missing information and undermine patient care. But consider the alternative, says Alexander Friedman , a fellow in maternal-fetal medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. As a resident fresh out of medical school, Friedman was working an an ememrgency room switching over to electronic medical records, he writes in a guest column on WSJ.com. Checking boxes and inserting codes required by the new system became the focus rather than tending to the patient, he says. As a result, he …
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