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title: Top 5 Tips for Effective use of EHRs
description: Looking to improve your organization's EHR utilization? Learn five tips to improve your systems and centralize workflows in this new blog.
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# [Top 5 Tips for Effective use of EHRs](https://blog.hallmarkhcs.com/top-5-tips-for-effective-use-of-ehrs)

 Written by [Hallmark HCS](https://blog.hallmarkhcs.com/author/hallmark-hcs) | 3/22/23

In maintaining electronic health records, physicians are challenged with balancing the time it takes to key in data with having a positive patient interaction. Watch this video to learn important tips for physicians to leverage and optimize the patient experience while managing an EHR.

**Top 5 Tips for Effective Use of EHRs **

- **Keep care patient-centered,  **not computer-centered. 

- **Make eye contact and give undivided attention **during the first introduction with a new patient or while discussing  sensitive issues. 

- **Adjust your typing style & timing **as per your patient’s needs. It’s better to enter data after they communicate their concerns. 

- **Separate routine data entry from patient encounter **to improve efficiency. Use transition times to access EHRs. 

- **Try to use templates for documentation **to reduce the time required to chart for patient details. 

The use of EHRs has become an important aspect of hospital-based care. Providers often struggle to give focussed attention to patient care and the use of computers. Knowing effective ways to use EHRs in daily practice helps. What ways help you maintain EHRs better without affecting patient care? Do let us know.

 

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