47% of Physicians Believe That EHRs Aren’t Designed With Them in Mind

Most physicians feel that electronic health records are not designed with clinicians in mind, according to the “2013 Physician Sentiment Index,” by Epocrates and athenahealth.

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The report includes responses from 1,200 physicians, 30 percent of whom are primary care physicians and 76 percent of whom are specialists.

 

When asked the degree to which they agreed with the following statement —EHRs are designed with the physician in mind — respondents reported the following:

 

•    Strongly agree — 4 percent
•    Agree — 25 percent
•    Neither agree nor disagree — 25 percent
•    Disagree — 29 percent
•    Strongly Disagree — 18 percent

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