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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/electronic-health-records-ambulatory-care-national-survey-physicians
February 17, 2011 - Implementation of electronic health records (EHRs) is considered a high priority in order to improve … While users generally viewed EHRs as beneficial for patient care, implementation costs were identified
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/use-electronic-health-records-us-hospitals
February 17, 2011 - Increasing the use of electronic health records (EHRs) is a major policy priority, as implementation … Survey respondents cited cost and maintenance considerations as major barriers to adopting EHRs, concerns
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-providing-patients-access-electronic-health-records-quality-and-safety-care-systematic
July 27, 2022 - Meta-analysis found that sharing EHRs with patients is effective in reducing HbA1c levels; the included … that more methodologically robust studies are necessary to quantitatively assess the impact of sharing EHRs
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49778/psn-pdf
December 01, 2016 - EHRs can be
used to identify cases in which potential pathogens are identified and yet antimicrobial … on patient outcomes through improved antimicrobial use is lacking, although EHRs with
integrated CDSSs … Most EHRs do not have decision
support for antimicrobial use in the basic package. … stewardship, but this capacity will probably come at an extra cost.(5) Creation of a
CDSS within existing EHRs … Standalone EHRs are available, but extensive time and expense are necessary for
interface development
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/866578/psn-pdf
August 28, 2024 - A common reason for supporting dual
EHRs within an organization is the ability to tailor the display … displays used in the other setting.7 There is a paucity of literature on the implications of dual EHRs … the patient rather than an actual weight,
potentially due to lack of interoperability between the EHRs … Address Limitations Associated with Dual EHRs
The primary challenge of utilizing more than one EHR … In this case, dual EHRs
may have played a role in facilitating this weight-based dosing error when the
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/orders-file-no-labs-drawn-investigation-machine-and-human-errors-caused-interface
April 29, 2018 - interoperabilty and user errors are safety concerns associated with the use of electronic health records (EHRs … This case report provides two examples of problems with order cancellations in EHRs due to ineffective
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/adverse-inpatient-outcomes-during-transition-new-electronic-health-record-system
September 29, 2017 - Electronic health records (EHRs) offer safety benefits , but the disruption associated with EHR implementation … authors suggest that these results should allay safety concerns for institutions planning to implement EHRs
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/understanding-differences-electronic-health-record-ehr-use-linking-individual-physicians
November 17, 2015 - for Economic and Clinical Health Act recently catalyzed the adoption of electronic health records (EHRs … Overall, EHRs have positively affected patient safety, but this effect has been inconsistent .
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/fixing-broken-ehr-him-working-spotlight-solve-common-ehr-issues
March 30, 2016 - Newspaper/Magazine Article
Fixing a broken EHR: HIM working in the spotlight to solve common EHR issues.
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Fixing a broken EHR: HIM working in the spotlight to solve common EHR issues. Butler M. J AHIMA. March 2015;86:18-23.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/electronic-health-record-related-safety-concerns-cross-sectional-survey
August 03, 2016 - Although electronic health records (EHRs) have led to many improvements in care, they have also created … respondents reported that their health care facilities had at least one serious safety event related to EHRs
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/management-test-results-primary-care-does-electronic-medical-record-make-difference
April 12, 2011 - Electronic health records (EHRs) hold great promise for improving patient safety, but remain underutilized … However, even in clinics using EHRs, more than one-third of abnormal results had no follow-up plan documented
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-it-safety-center-roadmap
June 29, 2016 - Strategy on Reducing Regulatory and Administrative Burden Relating to the Use of Health IT and EHRs … Strategy on Reducing Regulatory and Administrative Burden Relating to the Use of Health IT and EHRs
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/one-dose-two-errors
September 29, 2017 - EHRs can be used to identify cases in which potential pathogens are identified and yet antimicrobial … or is not likely to be effective ("bug–drug mismatches").( 5,14 ) Evidence regarding the impact of EHRs … on patient outcomes through improved antimicrobial use is lacking, although EHRs with integrated CDSSs … Most EHRs do not have decision support for antimicrobial use in the basic package. … Standalone EHRs are available, but extensive time and expense are necessary for interface development
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/dont-wait-collect-accurate-weight-case-subtherapeutic-insulin-therapy
July 01, 2008 - A common reason for supporting dual EHRs within an organization is the ability to tailor the display … displays used in the other setting. 7 There is a paucity of literature on the implications of dual EHRs … Address Limitations Associated with Dual EHRs The primary challenge of utilizing more than one EHR is … In this case, dual EHRs may have played a role in facilitating this weight-based dosing error when the … Lastly, some dual EHR institutions have policies requiring that providers consult both EHRs for patient
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/failure-follow-test-results-ambulatory-patients-systematic-review
March 23, 2012 - Electronic health records (EHRs) did appear to improve test follow-up rates, although a substantial … proportion of abnormal results were not followed up even with EHRs.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/problem-list-completeness-electronic-health-records-multi-site-study-and-assessment-success
April 29, 2018 - Problem lists in electronic health records (EHRs) can play important roles for patient care and help … This international study examined 10 health care organizations that use different EHRs in the United
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/physician-ehr-adoption-and-potentially-preventable-hospital-admissions-among-medicare
February 14, 2024 - They suggest that improving interoperability between hospital and clinic EHRs is an important next
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-it-patient-safety-action-and-surveillance-plan
December 18, 2013 - Strategy on Reducing Regulatory and Administrative Burden Relating to the Use of Health IT and EHRs … Strategy on Reducing Regulatory and Administrative Burden Relating to the Use of Health IT and EHRs
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33790/psn-pdf
August 01, 2015 - new-insights-safety-and-health-it
Perspective
Despite the widespread adoption of electronic health records (EHRs … health care workers often
describe near misses and hazardous conditions related to the usability of EHRs … numerous permutations of
workflows, clinical specialties, and physical environments in which their EHRs … From our experience in studying EHRs and their implementations, we believe that health care systems and
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/ehr-copy-and-paste-and-patient-safety
January 01, 2018 - to copy and paste text is a central benefit of computing in general, and electronic health records (EHRs … ) in particular, the widespread adoption of EHRs has led to concerns about how copy-and-paste functionality … acknowledgement by clinicians that the quality of documentation has declined since the introduction of EHRs