EMR Comments for possible future use

Electronic Medical Records (EMR): . My Doctor had to greatly improve her typing skills when all charting became electronic. From a patient's point-of-view, the new system seems to be much better organized and the system automatically displays follow-up information based on what happened in prior visits.

Introducing a major change such as EMRs can be a culture shock to an organization. Dealing with change management issues such as this is just as important as building a system that will work from a technical point of view.

Switching costs between EMR systems can be very high. That's why vendors work so hard to get an initial sale. Once you are using their system, it is almost impossible to switch.