Small hospitals/clinics might not have the funds to transition to online charting. However, it is not up to them, it is required by federal law to have online charts for all patients. The change was made back under the president Barack Obama to minimize medical errors. All the hospitals/clinics that made the changes have received some types of financial aids to cover their expenses. The hospitals/clinics that still need to transition now might be able to claim their expenses from their taxes. However, they might need to check with their legal team to verify what can be done at this point.
It’s costly to convert to EHR
Computers are slow and cumbersome. They serve no one but the non-medical people wants.
Nurses have become computer feeders. Any director of nurses who prefers their staff to complete their unnecessary computer work instead of making rounds, inspecting wounds, talking with patients/residents.
Computers have downtime andcrequire maintenance mostly during crucial hours. Nurses fall behind in charting. Adm seeking to avoid O.T. gets it in the face when nurses are forced to stay over to finish charting.
Money, plain and simple. They don't want to make the investment to transition to an electronic medical record.
