Physicians and all clinical staff are required to document the care given to a patient. Prior to the EMR of today, much of that work was done on paper and very time consuming. If a Physician writes a medication prescription on a prescription pad to give to the patient, the prescription must be then transcribed in the paper chart, which in turn causes duplicate documentation and can be a gateway to errors. Although the idea wasn’t welcomed with open arms, it was a major advancement in the practice of medicine. “In 1991, the Institute of Medicine, a highly respected think tank in the US recommended that by the year 2000, every physician should be using computer in their practice to improve patient care and made policy recommendation on how to achieve that
Physicians and all clinical staff are required to document the care given to a patient. Prior to the EMR of today, much of that work was done on paper and very time consuming. If a Physician writes a medication prescription on a prescription pad to give to the patient, the prescription must be then transcribed in the paper chart, which in turn causes duplicate documentation and can be a gateway to errors. Although the idea wasn’t welcomed with open arms, it was a major advancement in the practice of medicine. “In 1991, the Institute of Medicine, a highly respected think tank in the US recommended that by the year 2000, every physician should be using computer in their practice to improve patient care and made policy recommendation on how to achieve that