Shifty eyes and the EHR

With EHR use increasing, physicians are looking more at a computer screen than the patient:

Although the computerized system has proven to be a huge help, I have confronted an unexpected challenge: Despite repositioning the computer in every imaginable way, I often find myself making more eye contact with the screen than I do with my patients. It is simply more difficult to face a patient while typing than while writing.

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