EHRs Getting Mixed Reviews In North Carolina

Physician adoption of ambulatory electronic health records is increasing in the North Carolina Triangle area--Duke University, UNC Health Care and WakeMed--but not all physicians are embracing the technology with open arms, according to an article in the News & Observer.

Nearly three-fourths of physicians in the region have adopted EHRs, according to the article. While some physicians "swear by the technology" and say that using EHRs improves the patient care they provide, others report that adoption of EHRs is not going as well as anticipated.

Some of the problems outlined included the disruption and downtime incurred during the transition from paper records to EHRs, the cost of the systems and lack of interoperability. [...]