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. 2010 Jan;79(1):1-4.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2009.10.002. Epub 2009 Nov 25.

Reflections on electronic medical records: when doctors will use them and when they will not

Howard L Bleich  1 , Warner V Slack
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Reflections on electronic medical records: when doctors will use them and when they will not

Howard L Bleich et al. Int J Med Inform. 2010 Jan.

Abstract

Purpose: Our purpose is to counter the common wisdom that doctors are refractory to change and therefore responsible for the limited use of electronic medical records.

Methods: We draw on experience with electronic medical records in two Harvard Medical School teaching hospitals dating back to the early 1980s.

Results: Doctors quickly become ardent users of electronic medical records if the software is sufficiently helpful in the care of their patients.

Conclusions: The key to enthusiastic acceptance of electronic medical records is computing that is easy to use and helpful to doctors, nurses, and other clinicians in the care of their patients.

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