Book Title: Advanced Studies in Multidisciplinary Research and Innovation (ASMRI)
Chief Editors: Dr. Jagdish Kumar Sahu and Dr. Krishna Ashutoshbhai Vyas
Associate Editors: Dr. N. Ramesh Chandra Srikanth and Dr. Lourdu Vesna J
Co-Editors: Dr. Aarti Sharma and Dr. Pushpa Mamoria
ISBN: 978-93-7183-010-2
Chapter: 14
DOI: https://doi.org/10.59646/745/14
Authors: Mr. Siddhesh Khedekar, and Mrs. Madhavi Chinchwade
Abstract
EHRs were supposed to fix the disaster that was paper-based healthcare records. And to be fair — they did, in a lot of ways. Medication errors went down, information became easier to access, and care coordination actually started to mean something. But things got complicated fast. Doctors started burning out not from patient load but from sitting at computers typing notes for hours. Small clinics got hit with implementation bills they weren’t ready for. Patient data started getting stolen at rates nobody predicted. And somehow, years later, major hospital systems are still running software that won’t share data with the clinic two streets away. This report goes through all of it — what actually improved, what genuinely went wrong, and why adoption is still a painful process for so many providers.