Electronics360: "Electronic Records are More Harmful than Helpful, According to Ophthalmologists"

"More Harmful than Helpful"...That's kind of a scary title to read regarding healthcare services.

Maybe I'm misreading, but it seems to me the only downsides are increased costs (not shown by how much), and non-user-friendly interfaces (could be a lack of drive to learn the new software).

I can't help but think the benefits outweigh the downsides (e.g. easily-accessible, traceable complete patient history, cross-institution linked/linkable records, no loss of records due to fires/deterioration, no mistakes due to unreadable notes). These reasons make me more confident as a patient, and it appears that over half the surveyed ophthalmologists agree.