The Government was the one that forced clinicians to go to electronic medical records. While it is good at collecting data (and billing) it has pulled clinicians away from the bedside (and patients) and sat them in front of a computer where they are forced to click boxes. It has taken much of the human element away from healthcare. So, no, I did not read the government page you linked because I already know what they are pushing (reducing clincians thus saving money). If you want to completely lose the human element of healthcare then believe what they are selling, sit back and watch and reap the “benefits”.
This is just my humble opinion of course.
Clinical medicine here. We use tablets, and it's not much different than using a notepad. The majority of data entry happens later, same as it did before EMR.
We vastly prefer EMR over the previous route, and helps track information and changes between facilities and reduce errors.
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