A recent Medscape article listed the 10 most common mistakes made by physicians with regard to their electronic health records:
The following are 10 mistakes that physicians commonly make with EHRs:
1. Thinking a site visit to a practice that is using the same EHR product isn't worth the effort.
2. Signing an unvetted contract with a vendor.
3. Neglecting to perform a workflow analysis before implementing EHRs.
4. Undertraining other physicians and staff on EHR use.
5. Refusing to purchase a laboratory or device interface.
6. Entering too much data into the EHR.
7. Doing EHR-related work staffers should be doing.
8. Using shortcuts and workarounds while using EHRs.
9. Creating "shadow" paper documents and believing they are more accurate than EHR information.
10. Accepting inefficiency as the new status quo.
The following are 10 mistakes that physicians commonly make with EHRs:
1. Thinking a site visit to a practice that is using the same EHR product isn't worth the effort.
2. Signing an unvetted contract with a vendor.
3. Neglecting to perform a workflow analysis before implementing EHRs.
4. Undertraining other physicians and staff on EHR use.
5. Refusing to purchase a laboratory or device interface.
6. Entering too much data into the EHR.
7. Doing EHR-related work staffers should be doing.
8. Using shortcuts and workarounds while using EHRs.
9. Creating "shadow" paper documents and believing they are more accurate than EHR information.
10. Accepting inefficiency as the new status quo.