naked cap: Highly Experienced Physicians Leaving Medicine Due to Electronic Medical Records.

I have a close relative, who was not exactly low-profile in medical circles, who retired unwillingly just for this reason.

To put it bluntly, in many industries you really can't beat pencil and paper. Even today. If anyone took a really close look at the costs of hardware, software, training, bug-quashing, etc., you'd find pencil, paper and filing cabinets much more efficient and economical.