Personally, for me, one of the greatest benefits of having an EMR is not having to pay a transcriptionist. I am not a skilled typist either but, with the use of the templates and my ever-improving "hunt and peck" style, I have managed to do very well without having to pay for transcription. Of course, another option would be to dictate into your notes using Dragon or another voice-recognition software. Many on this forum are doing that very successfully it seems

Leslie
Hospital Employed Physician Who Misses The Old AC

"It's a good thing for a doctor to have prematurely grey hair and itching piles. It makes him appear to know more than he does and gives him an expression of concern which the patient interprets as being on his behalf. "