Electronic health records are supposed to make health care cheaper and faster, but they may also make patients less happy.
A new study suggests that doctors who spend the most time looking at computer screens have the least satisfied patients.
To be clear, the study was quite small, involving only 39 doctors and 47 patients at "safety net clinics" focused on patients with limited English language skills or health literacy. But the difference in satisfaction rates was dramatic.
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