Why do Most Nurses Dislike their EHR? Take One Guess

Recently, New York-based Black Book Research polled nearly 14,000 licensed registered nurses from forty states, all utilizing implemented hospital EHRs over the last six months. Ninety-percent percent of them express dissatisfaction with their inpatient EHR system. Eighty-four percent of those polled said that EHRs causing disruptions in productivity and workflow have negatively influenced their job satisfaction.
An amazing 69 percent of nurses in for-profit inpatient settings say their IT department is incompetent. That number shocks me but I guess it shouldn’t. IT departments are under more scrutiny than ever. One false step and you’ll end up like the leaders at Athens (Ga.) Regional Health Systems
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