Use of electronic health records (EHRs) is taking off. They are intuitively appealing, but they
are not always better than the paper version. One aspect that electronic records should help …

As physicians struggle to decide if or when to incor-porate electronic health records into their
practices, personal health records are gaining popularity. Personal health records (PHRs) …

Dr. Unger's guest editorial," Med students: Look up from your EMRs"(J Fam Pract. 2015; 64:
517-518), vividly describes what those who have been paying attention see quite clearly …

Electronic health record (EHR) systems are increasingly common in most of the developed
world (1). Clinic encounters, in the age of EHRs, generate hundreds of data elements used …

Dr Hall argues that support for recording health care visits using electronic medical records
(EMRs) should be stopped. 1 The evidence that helped convince him of this was apparently …

I completely agree with Dr. Selinger in his letter," I will click those boxes, but first, I will care
for my patient"(J Fam Pract. 2015; 64: 762). I graduated from medical school in 1969 and …

It seems like every time I ask a family physician how things are going, the electronic medical
record (EMR) inevitably rears its ugly face. At the annual Illinois Academy of Family …

In this issue of the JABFM, Irani et al1 systematically review recent studies on electronic
health records (EHRs) in the examination room and patient satisfaction. The thing that …

The Future of Family Medicine report called for an electronic health record (EHR) that
assures integration of clinical information; provides decision-support based on evidence …

To the Editor: Cifuentes et al1 address the important issue of primary care behavioral health
documentation and communication in electronic medical records. The article by Cifuentes et …