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OBJECTIVE: The emergence of Electronic Health Records (EHRs) has been beneficial in processing administrative and clinical data for quality healthcare information. Despite being patient-centered, a number of these technologies have a fractional consideration of the human-computer interaction, which affects the healthcare professionals as end-users. This attempted to surface the healthcare providers' preferences of an ideal EHR system interface in the community setting. MATERIALS AND METHOD: Using an orthogonal main effect design of conjoint analysis, a select group of healthcare providers (n = 300) were asked to sort choice cards, which contains five (5) attributes of EHR interface with specific level. Data were analyzed using Sawtooth v.18 and SPSS v.21. RESULTS: High importance was given to color scheme and device platform. Further, the part-worth analysis revealed the preference for an EHR with the following attributes: (a) smartphone device, (b) triadic color, (c) minimalist design, (d) chunked layout and (e) icon-centered menu. DISCUSSION: Visual interest and technology needs of the community healthcare providers shaped their preferences. These provide substantial perspectives on how to improve usability of EHR interface systems. CONCLUSION: Findings underscored the expanded roles of the healthcare professionals in the successful development of EHR systems.