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EMR takes us into uncharted territory in regards to patients emotional needs, their privacy concerns, as well
as the concerns of their primary and secondary care physicians. Filing systems remain a cost-effective method
of providing patients with prompt, personal care that also acknowledges the responsibilites of the physician.
                                                                            - John Marsh
                                                                              President at Elecompack

Despite the eagerness of governments in the Western world to embrace Electronic Medical Records (EMR), clinicians
and their staff often remain skeptical of the supposed benefits of such a system. A quick google search will bring up a
myriad of problems experiences by clinics and hospitals alike. Some of the more pertinent problems with EMR are:

1. Longer hours spent maintaining customer records
(Read more about how one clinician has to take home his work: http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2012/11/biggest-issues-emr-today.html)

2. Decreased efficiency in records retrieval

3. Deterioration in Doctor-Patient relationships

4. Software problems

5. System errors

6. Security concerns about patient information

7. Concerns about the integrity of patient records

8. Steep costs involved in maintaining software and the necessary hardware

(Gone are the days of having long-term computer systems, be prepared for computer updates as early as every several years.
Read more about doctor experiences with high EMR costs here:
http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/medical-economics/content/tags/ehr/measuring-ehr-pain-points-high-cost-poor-functionality-outweigh-b

9. Increasing concerns over the ethics of having large-scale patient information databases

(Read more about the ethical concerns of electronic patient information storage here: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4394583/)

The take-away message seems to be that despite increasing calls for digitizing the medical industry, there are
significant problems related to EMR that could negate m(any) of the potential benefits.