Even as EHR proficiency rises, enthusiasm dips

Doctors have become better at using electronic health records software in the last two years but, fewer physicians believe EHRs actually improve care. Whereas 62 percent of doctors in 2012 believed their EHR helped improve patient care, only 46 percent answered the same way in 2015, according to research that Accenture published on Monday. More specifically, 72 percent of respondents indicated that their EHR reduced medical errors and 58 percent said they improved outcomes in 2012 – while those numbers dipped to 64 and 46 percent, respectively.