Electronic Health Records Systems Distract Physicians from Patient Care

As the younger generation of healthcare providers, we should find the will and the way to advocate for what is best for both patients and physicians. If EHRs are here to stay, we ought to reject the poor designs and promote and share the better. Let’s not be buried under the software junk: You breathe because you have to, but it’s hard to rise to the top of your game.

Katarzyna Gilek-Seibert, MD, is a staff rheumatologist at Roger Williams Medical Center, Providence, R.I., and affiliated with the Boston University School of Medicine, in Boston.