If entry of information into a template is required, the electronic record slows care.

While I like typing for legibility, I think a more important consideration is loss of privacy. Records should be encrypted, controlled by the patient, and the patient should decide whether a company or a government should have an electronic key. Does this suggestion run the risk of havning no information in an emergency? Yes. As a patient, such is my choice. You could refuse to have your information encrypted.