Nearly half of all physicians dissatisfied with EHR systems

Over the past 5 years, satisfaction with electronic health records has declined among physicians, despite being used by a great proportion of them, according to recently published survey results from AmericanEHR Partners and AMA.  “While EHR systems have the promise of improving patient care and practice efficiency, we are not yet seeing those effects. We need to figure out how we can help physicians and practices to more effectively implement and use these systems,” Shari Erickson, MPH, vice president of ACP’s Division of Governmental Affairs and Medical Practice, said in a press release.