Physicians may consider the EHR to simply be a better version of the paper chart--not true.

Noting there are over 300 software vendors in the electronic healthcare marketplace with many "market segments (consider: size of practice served, specialties services, inpatient/outpatient) and very 'fuzzy' sources of data here's what one columist surmises:

The electronic health or medical record (EHR/EMR) boils down to data that are intended to be more complete, accurate and available, yet it often does not improve communication and information flow.  To get the most out of the technology, doctors actually have to, you know, use it.