Worried about your mistakes resulting in a medical malpractice case?

Well, you should also consider this.  That EMR in your office may also be contributing to your medical malpractice risk.  

EMR Generated Errors

In this recent article in Medical Economics, they outline sources of errors that are in your EMR.  In fact, the number of medical malpractice cases due to errors generated by an EMR tripled from 2013 to 2017.

There have been errors that have resulted in incorrect surgeries and other medical issues, but perhaps the most common problem is in electronic prescriptions.  

The articles recommendation?  You should test your EMR to make sure it's accurate. 

Yes, you heard this correctly. YOU should be checking the system periodically to make sure it's accurate.  As if you, as a physician, didn't already have a significant efficiency handicap because of poorly designed EMRs with poor interfaces.  Now you...