The introduction of the Electronic Health Record (EHR) has certainly brought about a major change in the way healthcare is administered in this vast country.EHR's have evolved in a big way from the time they first came to be used in a moderate way in the healthcare industry a few decades ago. From then on, although the push towards making all health records online has been on -and the US economy saves close to $80 billion a year on paper and other aspects -the rate of penetration of EHR has been rather low for a country as technologically advanced as the US. Just over a quarter of all health records are electronic in the US, compared to over 95% in the Netherlands.The major benefits of putting a completely electronic healthcare record system in place are discussed in most healthcare circles in the US. The fact that the use of EHR saves valuable physician time, which can be used for administering health, for instance, gets highlighted at discussions. However, what often gets sidelined…See More