Top 10 Reasons why EHRs are not implementing quickly

Link: Readers Write 7/31/08. This is an entertaining look at the Top 10 Reasons why Small Practices are not implementing EHRs as fast as we would like. Not only is it entertaining *chuckle* it's probably close to the truth, however sad that may be.

Here are Mike Gleason's Top 10 Reasons.....

1. Fear
2. Ego
3. Money
4. War Stories
5. No one wants to go first
6. Product not perfected yet
7. Waiting on Govt mandates
8. Waiting on hospital install or Stark gift
9. I have people for that
10. Change

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Comments

[John Lynn]

What about the thing we call laziness or slackers. I guess I could be more PC and call it procrastination.

I think we're all familiar with this problem that is plaguing not just doctors implementing EMR. It's just easier to wait.

I loved the list and posted about it previously.

[Scott Herman]

Interesting but the most important one, the one that nobody likes to talk about, is liability.

Clinicians, in general, are suspicious of "over documentation". Many clinical professionals have suffered painful legal experiences, where their own documentation has been used against them.

Perhaps this fits into the "war stories" category, but I believe that legal and liability issues are still very high profile, and a significant mitigating factor in this country's progress in health care technology.