Emergency Physician Use of the Alberta Netcare Portal, a Province-Wide Interoperable Electronic Health Record: Multi-Method Observational Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The adoption and use of an electronic health record (EHR) can facilitate real-time access to key health information and support improved outcomes. Many Canadian provinces use interoperable EHRs (iEHRs) to facilitate health information exchange, but the clinical use and utility of iEHRs has not been well described.

Objective

The aim of this study was to describe the use of a provincial iEHR known as the Alberta Netcare Portal (ANP) in 4 urban Alberta emergency departments. The secondary objectives were to characterize the time spent using the respective electronic tools and identify the aspects that were perceived as most useful by emergency department physicians.

Methods

In this study, we have included 4 emergency departments, 2 using paper-based ordering (

SUBMITTER: Graham TA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6231720 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature