It’s okay not to get it all at once. This post is for the strugglers, the skeptics, the silent fighters.
This is not a manual.
This is not a training video with too many acronyms and too few pauses.
This is a love letter to you.
To the nurse staring at the blinking cursor, willing the notes to make sense.
To the physician fumbling through dropdown menus, aching to return to the patient instead of the screen.
To the tech who hides their frustration behind polite nods, though their heart whispers, “I used to be faster with paper.”
The EMR learning curve is steep sometimes cruel, sometimes kind. It demands patience when patience feels like a luxury. It tests confidence, rattles routines, and asks seasoned hands to become beginners again.
But hear this: you are not failing.
You are learning.
And learning is messy, beautiful work.
Every sigh, every muttered curse, every late-night click through unfamiliar workflows. It is proof of your resilience. You are building new muscle, neuron by neuron, click by click. And one day, what feels like stumbling will become second nature, the way muscle memory turns chaos into choreography.
To the skeptics: your doubt is valid. To the overwhelmed: your struggle is real. To the still-learning: you are not alone.
Every keystroke is a quiet act of courage. Every login, a small vow to keep going.
So take your time. Forgive the missteps. Celebrate the tiny victories a successful order placed, a chart closed without tears, a shortcut remembered at last.
Because the truth is, this curve does not bend to shame. It bends to persistence.
And at its summit waits something worth the climb: less clutter, faster clarity, more time for the people who matter most.
So here’s to you, the strugglers, the skeptics, the silent fighters.
May this letter remind you: the curve is not a wall.
It is a path.
And you are already walking it.