Now that electronic medical records implementation is on the rise, some are waxing nostalgic for their old paper charts.
On the EMR and HIPAA Blog, there is a great article on the advantages of paper records over electronic ones, including:
- Immediate response to open
- Never a delay when flipping pages
- Instant on
- No training needed
- Multiple page view
- Fast page switching
- Flexible to an infinite number of documentation methods
- Easily supports text and graphic input
Then there was a great comment that posted this humorous video “Medieval Helpdesk”