U.S., April 3 -- Few industries have undergone such speedy transformation from analogue to digital as the Healthcare industry. This shift is most notable within the adoption of electronic medical record (EMR) systems, generally called electronic health records (EHR) systems.

These sprawling software platforms provide ways for taking clinical notes throughout patient encounters, prescribing medications, and ordering and reviewing research laboratory results. Through their several integrations, they work hand-in-hand with applications like practice management software system, that helps medical practices manage patient appointments and billing. EMRs became the central systema nervosum of a medical practice's clinical operations - they func...