Electronic record keeping a change that has some doctors cringing

For more than 40 years, paper records have worked just fine for Dr. Bob Proffitt and his patients. Proffitt, a primary-care doctor in Maryville, has never seen a need to switch to electronic patient records, and he worries about their security, mentioning “social things relevant in the care of patient,” for example, that he wants to discuss but doesn't necessarily want on a patient's “record” for others to see.