Tag: Medical Records
EHR Use Varies Across Primary Care Specialties
Pediatric clinicians spend less total and after-hours time versus general medicine and family medicine clinicians
Physicians Report Sharing Office Visit Notes Beneficial Overall
While time concerns declined after implementation, half of the clinicians reported being less candid in their documentation
Female Physicians Spend More Time in EHR Than Males
No sex-specific differences observed for patient satisfaction scores or efficiency measures
Wrong-Patient Order Entry Errors Reduced With Patient Photos
Display of patient photographs in electronic health records associated with decrease in WPOE errors
~65 Percent of Office-Based Doctors Can ID Patients in Need of Follow-Up
More primary care physicians and those with an EHR system have computerized capability to ID patients due for preventive, follow-up care
Modest Increase in Patient Visits Could Offset Costs of Scribes
Model shows adding two new or three return patient visits per day profitable for all specialties
Electronic Health Records Fail to Detect Many Medication Errors
Though broadly used in U.S. hospitals, EHRs fail to detect up to one-third of medication errors
Nephrology Fellows Report Mixed Effects of EMR on Education, Time
51 percent of nephrology fellows note positive contribution, but time demands have negative impact
EHR Use Up in Residential Care Communities 2012 to 2016
Increase seen in computerized support for health information exchange with physicians or pharmacists
Altering Default Settings in EHR Influences Opioid Prescribing
Lower default was associated with lower number of pills prescribed in eight of 15 pairwise comparisons
