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Doctors sound off about EHR shortcomings
Author(s)Jeffrey Bendix, Senior Editor, Logan Lutton
Physicians on the problem with EHRs, in their own words
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Medical Economics conducted its 2019 EHR Scorecard in October, which included the question to physicians: “In your opinion, what is the biggest problem with EHRs across the marketplace?”Here is a sample of their responses, broken into six categories of criticisms.
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