What if electronic medical records were unnecessary?

Roger Ladouceur

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Re:Sourcery?
Mary Thomas

Published on: 22 October 2015
Sourcery?
Paul V Mackey

Published on: 19 October 2015

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Re:Sourcery?
Mary Thomas, Family Physician
An important positive impact of EMRs is that on the physician's work- life balance. I am a working mother of 3 with a workaholic MD husband and no family in Canada and I am doing what would be impossible with paper charts. I have had EMR since 2003 with remote access which is the key part. I do most of the school drop-offs and pick ups, attend kids events, and chart/check labs from many Toronto rinks and pools,fax renewal...
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An important positive impact of EMRs is that on the physician's work- life balance. I am a working mother of 3 with a workaholic MD husband and no family in Canada and I am doing what would be impossible with paper charts. I have had EMR since 2003 with remote access which is the key part. I do most of the school drop-offs and pick ups, attend kids events, and chart/check labs from many Toronto rinks and pools,fax renewals and referrals from home, email patients from the EMR with attached reports or requisitions. I have even logged in from Washington DC, Bangalore India and Melbourne Australia using secure networks! The clinical clerks and residents learn from this-observing that it can be done! We have a generation of graduates who want to have a better balanced life. You can be a wife/husband and an involved parent and be there for the family as well as being on top of all the paperwork involved in managing a practice. It would be great to see quality of life/physician satisfaction research relating to EMRs.
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Published on: (19 October 2015)
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Paul V Mackey
Sorry if I am asking the obvious but curious as to what magic Roger used/uses to "look for test results, look at x-ray scans, search for a consultant's opinion" in a paper chart without taking his eyes of the patient? If in fact he could even find them in an old paper chart. A paper chart is/was actually more disruptive to good doctor-patient communication. I was actually hoping this editorial would be more forward think...
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Sorry if I am asking the obvious but curious as to what magic Roger used/uses to "look for test results, look at x-ray scans, search for a consultant's opinion" in a paper chart without taking his eyes of the patient? If in fact he could even find them in an old paper chart. A paper chart is/was actually more disruptive to good doctor-patient communication. I was actually hoping this editorial would be more forward thinking. I was hoping for something more along the lines of, "What if the patient held the Electronic Record with them and our office EMRs became redundant?"
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Volunteer board member of non profit (AIHS) that maintains an EMR (MOIS)
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