Passing the Lantern

By GEORGE BEAUREGARD Back in the late 90s to early 2000s, I had a robust (independent) internal medicine practice. These were the days before electronic medical records and hospitalists became ingrained into the healthcare delivery landscape. I’ll admit that—despite how much I loved my Palm Pilot—initially, I was ambivalent about the value-add of both. For many reasons, I felt that using an electronic health record (EHR) would serve as an improvement over paper records, but at what cost and effort? (Too many EHR users had already told me that, once you’ve used [a good] one, you’ll neve...

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