Better search is definitely needed and seems like something the EPICs and Cerners of the world could easily do if they just assigned a couple smart people and left them alone. Instead they'll probably form vast teams of search stakeholders.

But search is only one need. You say EMRs imagine an idealized model. Maybe. They certainly never develop one. And that's what you need to reach the potential of medical data analytics. The software needs to "understand" what the data means without constant human intervention