The relationship between perceptions of electronic health record usability and clinical importance of social and environmental determinants of health on provider documentation.

ABSTRACT: Social and environmental determinants of health (SEDH) data in the electronic health record (EHR) can be inaccurate and incomplete. Providers are in a unique position to impact this issue as they both obtain and enter this data, however, the variability in screening and documentation practices currently limits the ability to mobilize SEDH data for secondary uses. This study explores whether providers' perceptions of clinical importance of SEDH or EHR usability influenced data entry by analyzing two relationships: (1) provider charting behavior and clinical consideration of SEDH and (2) provider charting behavior and ease of EHR use in charting. We performed a cross-sectional study using an 11-question electronic survey to assess self-reported practices related to clinical consideration of

SUBMITTER: Sood N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10783763 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature