Once all healthcare entities transition to EMR what will be the fate of older nurses, doctors, and other healthcare workers who are not computer literate?
Unfortunately nurses and CNAs, and other healthcare professionals who have worked many years in the long-term care environment have not been exposed to electronic charting that has been prominent in hospitals for years; therefore they may have more difficulty grasping the concept. The government has mandated that all health care industries embrace this technological future, but who protects the twenty year health professional who are unable to master the use of this technology. Will the government allow full retirement benefits for them given the fact that this is a governmental change not the employer? I believe that it is highly unlikely that the government will provide payouts for older health care worker that may be forced to retire simply because they cannot embrace the new technology; unfortunately many good nurses and other healthcare employees may be lost on this journey to high speed internet and electronic medical records.
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