Doctors using electronic medical records

Shrinkrap
Fri, 12 Aug 2011 14:00:54 +0000

"Do doctors realize that their patients feel ignored while they squint at a computer screen? "

Probably, but in many if not most cases, the patient is no longer “the (only? primary? paying?) customer”.

I am very careful about the positioning of the computer in my office, and in some settings use a tablet so I can just write free hand. I have often had people say “how do you write like that; without looking?”. To the kids I say; “how do you TEXT without looking?”. Practice!