EMR cognitive burden: the hidden cost of documentation
In basketball, when a player is called for a questionable foul, he may shrug and say: “Ball don’t lie.”
It means the game has a truth of its own. Reality asserts itself. Emergency medicine, unfortunately, rarely works that way.
We once spent most of our time with patients. Now a substantial portion of every shift is spent interacting with a screen, not because we prefer it, but because the system has evolved …
EMR cognitive burden: the hidden cost of documentation
