a) catastrophic failures. If the computer system fails, stored information may be unavailable for an indeterminate time. Paper records fail one chart at a time. On the other hand, if the average paper chart is unavailable up to 10 percent of the time,f that would be equivalent to a 10 % downtime for the average patient. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3270933/ b) increased medical errors. Researchers have found an association between the use of CPOE and increased medical errors due to poorly designed system interfaces or lack of end-user training.
c) Physician may lose his or her autonomy in making patient decisions because of EHR blocks the ordering of certain tests or medications. Overdependence on technology may also become
c) Physician may lose his or her autonomy in making patient decisions because of EHR blocks the ordering of certain tests or medications. Overdependence on technology may also become