Meaningful Use Vs. Meaningful Information

Providers today are in a juxtaposition as to “pointing & clicking” or “dictating”.  What is the answer ? "Yes" – both! As the provider is reviewing the chart with the patient, scrolling through the screen on his EMR, pointing and clicking, he/she will find it necessary to add the patient's peculiarities and specifics.  This information will have to be shared with others in the healthcare network.  Whereas transcription oftentimes is delayed, inaccurate and inexpensive, the only true answer is "real time input" into their EMR with front end speech recognition.  This is the only way to comply with the government requirements as well as achieve information that the healthcare network can use for great patient care.