Adoption of Electronic Health Record Among Substance Use Disorder Treatment Programs: Nationwide Cross-Sectional Survey Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Electronic health record (EHR) systems have been shown to be associated with improvements in care processes, quality of care, and patient outcomes. EHR also has a crucial role in the delivery of substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and is considered important for addressing SUD crises, including the opioid epidemic. However, little is known about the adoption of EHR in SUD treatment programs or the organizational-level factors associated with the adoption of EHR in SUD treatment.

Objective

We examined the adoption of EHR in SUD programs, with a focus on changes in adoption from 2014 to 2017, and identified organizational-level factors associated with EHR adoption.

Methods

We used data from the 2014 and 2017 National Drug Abuse Treatment System Surveys. Ou

SUBMITTER: Frimpong JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10755658 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature