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Electronic medical records: Not yet widespread nor well-loved, but inevitable
Only about 10% of you reading this blog (OK, 20% — you're likely younger and more progressive) are using electronic medical records at present. Everyone else is on a very crowded fence. But there is now an industry-wide sense of inevitability about going paperless that was not present a few years ago. EMR adoption is still moving at a glacially slow pace in ophthalmology. I'll venture here that by 2020, well more than 75% of you will have taken the plunge based on current sentiments, falling prices and ongoing federal incentives. Doctor and staff satisfaction will slowly rise from today's uncertain approval as software and systems improve and everyone learns from the success stories of others.
Get more expert perspective from John Pinto live at Hawaiian Eye 2010, to be held January 17-22, 2010 at the Grand Hyatt Kauai. Learn more at OSNHawaiianEye.com