title: Potential pitfalls with electronic medical records.
abstract: Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems are a rapidly growing form of documentation that has the potential to improve quality of care, physician and practice efficiency, and accessibility of stored medical information. However, these advances may be met with challenges such as: finances, functionality, accessibility, as well as skills necessary for utilization and potential for data loss. This article reviews each of these areas in detail to provide further insight into the challenges encountered by those implementing EMR systems.
authors.affiliation: University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine, Biddeford, Maine, USA.
authors.forename: Carrie L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Fitzgerald
authors.forename: Can
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Talug
authors.forename: Stanley
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zaslau
mesh_terms: D003200:Computer User Training; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006801:Humans; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011216:Practice Management, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014903:West Virginia