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Do RNs like using electronic health records?
[A seldom considered POV]
BY Darrell K. Pruitt DDS
Some Facebook comments:
Big problems when you have unexpected “downtimes”.
July 15 at 3:10pm · Like · 4
It is an absolute train wreck. I haven’t seen one record of mine that is not riddled with mistakes. Especially the allergies, they show me taking meds I’m allergic to and not taking meds I’m actually on. A true mess!! And now the records are all intertwined. I don’t like it at all!!
July 15 at 3:10pm · Like · 2
It is a nightmare!
July 15 at 3:18pm · Like
I retired just in time so I don’t have to deal with this fiasco.
July 15 at 3:19pm via mobile · Like · 2
IT SUCKS
July 15 at 3:19pm · Like
I don’t like them; my doctors don’t like them; how it will affect patient care is still a ‘jury out’ matter, but we can guess it will NOT help.
July 15 at 3:30pm · Like
Our Rural Community Healthcare system is just now switching over to this .. along with our hospital switching over to a totally new computer system .. the 2 systems do not talk to each other..In my personal experience I find that the “computer” world takes us away from Direct Patient Care (to busy playing “ring around the Rosie” on the computer).
July 15 at 3:40pm · Like · 4
I like them, but it is frustrating having “downtime.”
July 15 at 3:41pm · Like
I hear patients stating things like “my doctors don’t know who I am because they don’t look at me they are glued to the computer”. It saddens me patients feel less valued. I’ve worked in places where they’ve had paper charts and places computerized. Seems the computers are redundant and I personally prefer paper charts. Chart one assessment not one assessment 4 different places.
July 15 at 3:44pm via mobile · Like · 3
It looks to me like physicians are cutting and pasting old histories and physicals, complete with the errors. Doctors in a local ER charted complete physicals on me when they did not get closer than 5 feet away. The records are difficult to read, difficult to find information; and it is not number in chronological order.
July 15 at 3:47pm · Like
I dislike it. Besides the down time, I find it very impersonal. I don’t feel as if I am giving my full attention to my pt, nor do I feel my PCP is hearing what I’m saying . They are too busy putting in info on the computer. As for the down time you then have to work late to put in the info gathered while the system is down.
July 15 at 3:47pm via mobile · Like · 2
Assessment
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