Health care consumers feel the same way about the electronic medical record improving the speed of health care. Most of respondents believe that the electronic medical record will reduce the amount of time patients spend waiting in doctors offices and emergency rooms.
The issue with all computerized systems is security. Software developers in the EMR industry are taking steps to improve security by adding features like username and password requirements. However, for the determined and experienced computer hacker, breaking a username and password combination is not too hard to do.