While EHR utilization grows, physicians and healthcare providers are realizing the effects, both positive and negative, that EHRs may have on their patient encounters.
Here are the four most-reported positive effects EHRs have on patient encounters.
- Improves physician ability to respond to patient issues: 35 percent
- Allows physician to more effectively manage patient treatment plans: 33 percent
- Allows physician to spend more time face-to-face with patients: 10 percent
- Allows physician to see more patients: 9 percent
Here are the four most-reported negative effects EHRs have on patient encounters.
- Decreases physician face-to-face time with patients: 70 percent
- Decreases physician ability to see more patients: 57 percent
- Decreases physician ability to respond to patient issues: 27 percent
- Decreases physician ability to effectively manage patient treatment plans: 26 percent
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