Hospitalist group directors and administrators may assume that the hospital's enterprise EHR, which likely cost at least tens of millions of dollars to implement, will fulfill the IT needs of hospitalists. This is a common misconception, which is understood when considering actual hospitalist workflow. When a hospitalist's workflow is actually mapped out, an EHRs shortcomings become obvious. Is your group using e-mails to communicate a list of patients for off-service hand-offs? How does your [...]