Effects of scanning and eliminating paper-based medical records on hospital physicians' clinical work practice.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

It is not automatically given that the paper-based medical record can be eliminated after the introduction of an electronic medical record (EMR) in a hospital. Many keep and update the paper-based counterpart, and this limits the use of the EMR system. The authors have evaluated the physicians' clinical work practices and attitudes toward a system in a hospital that has eliminated the paper-based counterpart using scanning technology.

Design

Combined open-ended interviews (8 physicians) and cross-sectional survey (70 physicians) were conducted and compared with reference data from a previous national survey (69 physicians from six hospitals). The hospitals in the reference group were using the same EMR system without the scanning module.

Measurements

The que

SUBMITTER: Laerum H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC264437 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Nov-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature