We don't know that because we don't have longitudinal studies to say that. But you would think so. Automating clinical processes should end clinicians' reliance on this broken paper-based record, Dr. Tang said. Added to this, he said, will be drug interaction programs, online access to medical literature and reminder systems to prompt physicians to do what they would have done if they just had thought of it. Despite all these professed benefits, physicians have rarely led the charge toward computerization.
Old habits die hard.
Change is rarely freely embraced by anyone. Something else usually has to force the change. We have a capital plan for the entire building, which includes infrastructure. An information system is just one of the pieces. We think of information as an infrastructure for helping the health care team get its job done.