Discerning the Bright Futures of Electronic Health Records

Competent practices of this decade are seeking or have found electronic health records (EHR) for use in the primary care setting. Families may rightly ask if their children’s health records are as clear and accurate as their monthly bank statement, because clarity and accuracy are appropriate markers of quality. Adolescents might look with disdain at the hand-written note; that same adolescent can text a succinct note on her mobile phone using only her dominant thumb. Finally, clinicians demand record-keeping tools as clear as their credit card statements or frequent fl ier miles summary. Why should it be so