The extent to which recent large increases in hospitals鈥� adoption of EHR systems can be attributed to the HITECH Act of 2009 has been uncertain and debated. The...
Resources tagged with: Electronic Health Records/Electronic Medical Records
HITECH Act Drove Large Gains in Hospital Electronic Health Record Adoption
Article
The HITECH era and the path forward
The following perspective piece aims to share research results, clinical guidelines, and patient data around the Health Information Technology for Economic and...
Opinion Piece/Short Communication
The impact of electronic health records on time efficiency of physicians and nurses: A systematic review
The following systematic review examines the impact of EHR on documentation time of physicians and nurses, and identifies factors that may explain efficiency...
Article
A review of randomized controlled trials of medical record powered clinical decision support system to improve quality of diabetes care
The following systematic review evaluates the effectiveness of CDSS in improving quality of type II diabetes care. It also highlights the key indicators of quality...
Article
Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Records: Experiences from the Field and Future Opportunities
The US government has promulgated requirements for 鈥渕eaningful use鈥� (MU) of EHRs as a condition for providers receiving financial incentives for the adoption...
Article
The Effect of Computerized Physician Order Entry with Clinical Decision Support on the Rates of Adverse Drug Events: A Systematic Review
The following systematic review evaluates the effects of computerized physician order entry (CPOE) with clinical decision support (CDS) on the development of an...
Article
Overriding of drug safety alerts in computerized physician order entry
The following literature review examines 17 papers on physician response to drug safety alerts. Drug safety alerts are overridden by clinicians in 49% to 96% of...
Article
The Burden of Inbox Notifications in Commercial Electronic Health Records
With wider use of electronic health records (EHRs), physicians increasingly receive notifications via EHR-based inboxes. Types of notifications include test...
Article
Barriers to the use of personal health records by patients: a structured review
Published in PeerJ, the following literature review seeks evidence about barriers to the adoption and continued use of personal electronic health records (PHRs),...
Peer-Reviewed Literature
Factors affecting physician professional satisfaction and their implications for patient care, health systems, and health policy
The following research report, created by RAND Health, aims to characterize factors that influence physician professional satisfaction. Between January and August...
Report
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