Study describes how changing from paper to electronic  medical records has  impacts on patient care that is much more than merely the move from pen on paper to fingers on keyboards.

From The Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association:

“Impact of a Computer-based Patient Record System on Data Collection, Knowledge Organization, and Reasoning”

Conclusion Technology has a profound influence in shaping cognitive behavior, and the potential effects of cognition on technology design needs to be explored.

http://jamia.bmj.com/content/7/6/569.abstract

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