Clinical benefits of electronic health record use: national findings.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess whether physicians' reported electronic health record (EHR) use provides clinical benefits and whether benefits depend on using an EHR meeting Meaningful Use criteria or length of EHR experience.

Data source

The 2011 Physician Workflow study, representative of U.S. office-based physicians.

Study design

Cross-sectional data were used to examine the association of EHR use with enhanced patient care overall and nine specific clinical benefits.

Principal findings

Most physicians with EHRs reported EHR use enhanced patient care overall (78 percent), helped them access a patient's chart remotely (81 percent), and alerted them to a potential medication error (65 percent) and critical lab values (62 percent). Between 30 and 50 percent of physicians

SUBMITTER: King J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3925409 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature