“When a previous patient returned to the EC, it formerly took 20 minutes to an hour to request and obtain the patient’s record. Now it is almost immediately available at our fingertips. Once patients are in the EC, the tracking board communicates up to date information.”

“The time savings enabled by the EMR easily allows nurses to spend an additional hour per shift with patients. The ability to document more quickly and completely, along with not having to track down patients’ paper charts, really frees us up for our most important task — personally caring for …