How an EHR is slowing visits, and reducing access:

Rollout of the Defense Department’s electronic medical record-keeping system has reduced patient access to many military outpatient clinics and lengthened workdays for many doctors, say physicians and system administrators . . .

. . . Because of appointment backlogs, Nelson said, many parents are bringing children to the center’s emergency room for care. “We are so far behind. … We officially no longer have routine checkups for infants and toddlers, or annual checkups for older children. This goes against many national health care guidelines,” he said.

As written below, the physicians have got to suck it up. Things will be worse before they improve. After a year or two, the benefits of an EHR will become apparent.

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