"Meaningful Use" of Electronic Health Records
August 24, 2010 | Issue Brief
Hospitals and doctors will soon be eligible for federal incentives to help acquire and use health information technology.
Electronic Health Records (EHRs)
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Electronic Health Record Components and the Quality of Care
December 1, 2008 | Journal Article
This article examines the relationship between use of electronic health record components and the quality of care received by patients. Researchers found no consistent relationship between elements of electronic health records and quality of care.
Systematic Review
May 16, 2006 | Journal Article
The impact of health information technologies, such as electronic health records, on the quality, efficiency and cost of clinical care was examined in this article. A systematic review of the research literature was conducted and database searches i ...
Evaluating the Impact of Patients' Online Access to Doctors' Visit Notes
April 13, 2012 | Journal Article
The authors conducted a one-year, multi-site trial of patient-accessible online office visit notes system OpenNotes, and found that many primary care physicians were willing to participate.
Emergency Department Information System Adoption in the United States
May 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Emergency physician Adam Landman—a former corporate consultant with a background in information systems—is eager to re-enter the digital age. He is tired of writing scripts, thumbing through paper records and trying to decipher his colleagues’ handw ...
A Patient's View of OpenNotes
October 2, 2012 | Journal Article
The authors discuss the positive outcomes from a year-long experimental study, OpenNotes, where patients could access their doctor’s notes.
Pushing the Envelope of Electronic Patient Portals to Engage Patients
October 2, 2012 | Journal Article
This editorial discusses OpenNotes, an experiment where patients were allowed to access their primary care providers’ electronic notes via patient portals.
Making Sense of Mobile Health Data
August 9, 2012 | Journal Article
Mobile phones, and smartphones in particular, have the potential to support chronic disease prevention and management in daily life. For example, mobile health (mHealth) applications can help people manage their diabetes, assist in smoking cessation ...
Debate
February 1, 2012 | Commentary
Will OpenNotes help patients become true partners in their case?
Physician Adoption of Electronic Health Records Still Extremely Low, But Medicine May be at a Tipping Point
June 18, 2008 | News Release
Large survey of physicians shows practice size and setting continue as major factors influencing EHR adoption rates.