If electronic medical records are so great, why aren't family physicians using them? - Original Research

Journal of Family Practice, July, 2002 by Glenn A. Loomis, J. Scott Ries, Robert M. Saywell, Jr, Nitesh R. Thakker

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From the St. Francis Family Practice Residency Program, Beech Grove, IN (G.A.L.), the Indiana University. Department of Family Medicine, Indianapolis, IN (J.S.R, R.M.S., N.R.T.), and the Bowen Research Center, Indianapolis, IN (R.M.S., N.R.T.). Presented in part at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Faculty Development Fellowship Research Symposium, June 2001. The authors report no competing interests. Address reprint requests to Glenn A. Loomis, MD, 1500 Albany Street, Suite 807, Beech Grove, IN 46107. E-mail: gloomis@iquest.net.