From "Local Control" to "Dependency": Transitions to Single-Vendor Integrated Electronic Health Record Systems and Their Implications for the EHR Workforce.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Healthcare systems that previously used either a single legacy electronic health record (EHR) system or a "best-of-breed" combination of products from multiple vendors are increasingly adopting integrated, single-vendor EHR systems. Though healthcare leaders are beginning to recognize the dramatic collateral consequences of these transitions, their impact on the EHR workforce - internal actors most closely involved in governing and supporting the EHR - is poorly understood.

Objective

Identify perceived impacts of adopting single-vendor, integrated EHR systems on the institutional EHR workforce.

Design

In this qualitative study, we conducted semi-structured phone interviews in four healthcare systems in the USA that had adopted an integrated EHR within the p

SUBMITTER: Brunner J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10593658 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature