I don't think anybody is against the
concept of electronic medical records. This article describes what I keep hearing from dr. and nurse friends/relatives of all ages and experience levels, and from my own doctors:
"Relative to intuitive touch-based smartphones and tablets commonly used today, electronic medical records are generally antiquated programs that are cumbersome to use. Most force providers to spend more time than ever staring at a computer screen and clicking checkboxes with a mouse to satisfy onerous billing and administrative requirements that do little to help patients.
For instance, it takes me over 50 mouse clicks, all while scrolling through dozens of screens, to document a straightforward office visit for a sinus infection. Refilling a single prescription electronically, which I do over a hundred times a day, takes over 10 clicks.
In fact, more time in front of computers means less time for patients. An American Journal of Emergency Medicine study found that emergency physicians spent 43% of their time entering data into a computer, compared to only 28% of their time spent talking to patients. During a typical 10-hour shift, a doctor would click a mouse almost 4000 times.
Doctors in training have it worse. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine found that medical interns spent just 12% of their time talking to patients, or about 8 minutes a day per patient, but more than 40% of their time on a computer filling out electronic paperwork......"
Electronic medical records obstruct patient interaction
As in most situations, administrators making business, regulatory and billing decisions don't have the same frustrations as those on the front lines actually taking care of sick people while wrestling with very sluggish computer programs/systems.