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Electronic health records (EHRs) in corporate healthcare prioritize institutional needs over patient care, burdening clinicians with administrative tasks. This system transforms patients into data points, diminishing the personal narrative in medicine.

Area of Science:

  • Health Services Research
  • Medical Informatics
  • Sociology of Medicine

Background:

  • The increasing corporate consolidation of healthcare systems.
  • The growing reliance on electronic health records (EHRs) for documentation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze how EHRs in corporate healthcare settings prioritize institutional and market demands.
  • To examine the impact of EHRs on the roles of clinicians and the patient experience.

Main Methods:

  • Qualitative observational study in outpatient specialty clinics.
  • Analysis of EHR documentation requirements and their clinical relevance.

Main Results:

  • EHRs are structured to serve corporate and political stakeholders, not direct clinical care.
Keywords:
clinical culture changeelectronic health recordsethics of careprofessional autonomytechnology

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  • Clinicians' roles shift towards administrative tasks, away from medical expertise.
  • Patients are reduced to standardized digital entities, losing their personal narratives.

    • Conclusions:

    • EHRs in consolidated healthcare systems reinforce market principles in medicine.
    • The current EHR structure negatively impacts the clinician-patient relationship and holistic patient care.