Currently, 80 percent of physician office practices and 90 percent of hospitals have adopted electronic health records (EHRs) to help optimize productivity,...
Resources tagged with: Electronic Health Records/Electronic Medical Records
Electronic Health Record Closed Claims Study
Report
Health IT and Patient Safety: Building Safer Systems for Better Care
If implemented appropriately, health IT can help improve health care providers' performance, better communication between patients and providers, and enhance...
Report
Disentangling Health Care Billing: For Patients’ Physical and Financial Health
Published in JAMA, this editorial describes the fundamental importance of knowing the costs of patient care before you can reduce the costs. Clarity about the...
Opinion Piece/Short Communication
Administrative Costs Associated with Physician Billing and Insurance-Related Activities at an Academic Health Care System
Published in JAMA, the following study examines the administrative costs associated with billing and insurance-related activities at an academic health care system...
Peer-Reviewed Literature
Electronic Health Record Logs Indicate That Physicians Split Time Evenly Between Seeing Patients And Desktop Medicine
This study, published in Health Affairs, used data captured by the access time stamp functionality of an electronic health record (EHR) to examine physician work...
Peer-Reviewed Literature
Tethered to the EHR: Primary Care Physician Workload Assessment Using HER Event Log Data and Time-Motion Observations
This study, published in Annals of Family Medicine, sought to assess time allocated by primary care physicians within the EHR both during clinic hours (defined as...
Peer-Reviewed Literature
Novel Metrics for Improving Professional Fulfillment
This article, published in Annals of Internal Medicine, presents novel metrics for improving professional fulfillment. The authors propose a set of EHR-related...
Opinion Piece/Short Communication
Allocation of Physician Time in Ambulatory Practice: A Time and Motion Study in 4 Specialities
The following study, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, examined how physician time is spent in ambulatory practice. Researchers observed 57 U.S....
Peer-Reviewed Literature
Relationship Between Clerical Burden and Characteristics of the Electronic Environment With Physician Burnout and Professional Satisfaction
The following study, published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings evaluated associations between the electronic environment, clerical burden, and burnout in US physicians....
Peer-Reviewed Literature
Electronic Health Records: An Unfulfilled Promise and Call to Action
The following editorial, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine stated that electronic health record upkeep and maintenance absorb two hours of physician time...
Opinion Piece/Short Communication
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