作者
Steven R Simon, Rainu Kaushal, Paul D Cleary, Chelsea A Jenter, Lynn A Volk, E John Orav, Elisabeth Burdick, Eric G Poon, David W Bates
发表日期
2007/3/12
期刊
Archives of internal medicine
卷号
167
期号
5
页码范围
507-512
出版商
American Medical Association
简介
Background
Electronic health records (EHRs) allow for a variety of functions, ranging from visit documentation to laboratory test ordering, but little is known about physicians' actual use of these functions.
Methods
We surveyed a random sample of 1884 physicians in Massachusetts by mail and assessed availability and use of EHR functions, predictors of use, and the relationships between EHR use and physicians' perceptions of medical practice.
Results
A total of 1345 physicians responded to the survey (71.4% response rate), and 387 (28.8%) reported that their practice had adopted EHRs. More than 80% of physicians with EHRs reported having the ability to view laboratory reports (84.8%) and document visits electronically (84.0%), but considerably fewer reported being able to order laboratory tests electronically (46.8%) or transmit prescriptions to a pharmacy electronically (44.7%). Fewer than half of the …
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