Candid Nurse EHR Opinions at Facebook Page "Friend a Nurse" Are Not So Friendly

At my Jan. 2010 post "An Honest Physician Survey on EHR's" (http://hcrenewal.blogspot.com/2010/01/honest-physician-survey-on-ehrs.html) I wrote:I often believe surveys of physicians about EHR's do not present the results candidly, but rather are selective in what is reported - and what is omitted - and generally sugar-coated. I then presented a candid physician survey on EHR's that was not very complimentary of the technology's value to real-world practicing physicians.The following candid, informal nurse's survey about EHR's came to my attention the other day via Google.  The thread is on Facebook in the "Friend a Nurse" group pages and can be read at https://www.facebook.com/friendanurse/posts/654085127954821.Apparently the thread got underway after someone posted the question "What do you think of electronic medical record systems? How was it implemented in your facility? Has it helped or hurt patient care? If so, how?" and a link to the June 25, 2013 Bloomberg News article "Digital Health Records’ Risks Emerge as Deaths Blamed on Systems" (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-25/digital-health-records-risks-emerge-as-deaths-blamed-on-systems.html) that mentioned my mother's experience.The EHR question posed on the "Friend a Nurse" Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/friendanurse/posts/654085127954821.  Click to enlarge, or click Facebook link, which is public as of this writing.I note that I had no knowledge of this, nor do I know the responders.&...
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