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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/barriers-and-facilitators-implementation-and-adoption-ehr-home-care/annual-summary/2012
January 01, 2012 - population, more home health agencies in the United States are implementing electronic health records (EHRs … The impact of implementing EHRs in hospital and ambulatory care settings has been studied but little … research on implementing EHRs in home care settings has been conducted. … recommendations from the research team on developing Meaningful Use criteria specific for home care EHRs
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pharmacist-physician-communications-highly-computerised-hospital-sign-and-action-electronic
February 27, 2019 - Although electronic health records (EHRs) with computerized provider order entry are known to improve … medication safety , experts have raised concerns that EHRs adversely affect interprofessional communication … The authors suggest that EHRs should be better designed to foster interprofessional collaboration.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45183/psn-pdf
July 20, 2016 - Early adopters of EHRs did appear to have a stronger culture of safety, but this
finding could either … mean that EHRs improved safety or that hospitals that emphasized other measures to
improve safety culture … also tended to adopt EHRs earlier.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/morrison-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Though some practices had a 100% on-time return of the forms, other
EHRs had a 33% return rate. … goal of the project is to ensure that critical patient information is synchronized among a variety of
EHRs … synchronization of patient data including problems,
allergies, and medications among a variety of EHRs … ASTM Continuity of Care Record (CCR) standard to:
Extract/capture and input data to/from local EHRs … Securely distribute data between EHRs
Organize data in a structured way that maintains context
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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/finalsummary/finalsummary2.html
September 01, 2015 - health systems have not yet developed the infrastructure needed to support data transfer from providers’ EHRs … Furthermore, incomplete or inconsistent documentation in EHRs and paper charts means that practices first … availability of administrative data on behavioral health services and clinical data from practices’ EHRs … response, State-hired practice facilitators helped practices run supplemental reports directly from their EHRs
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49767/psn-pdf
August 21, 2016 - Interoperability of
EHRs is a top policy priority in the United States because it offers clinicians … might the health system described still lack interoperability between its inpatient and outpatient EHRs … Today, our electronic
system is fragmented, with thousands of different EHRs being used by providers … In the context of EHRs, interoperability means that it should not require special effort on the part … We lack interoperability across EHRs today because of myriad technical, policy, and cultural barriers
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/usability-and-safety-analysis-electronic-health-records-multi-center-study
October 13, 2018 - emergency department physicians completed standardized tasks using actual electronic health records (EHRs … Even though two sites used Epic and two used Cerner EHRs, the number of clicks per task, time to task … Resources From the Same Author(s)
Are informed policies in place to promote safe and usable EHRs
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/use-dense-display-data-and-information-design-principles-primary-care-health
January 01, 2023 - usability and information design shortcomings as reasons for poor adoption of electronic health records (EHRs … Little systematic evidence has been gathered on the usability of EHRs in practices and how their design … Further, the role of EHRs in patient care is evolving significantly as adoption is incentivized, health … This involves indicating how EHRs are and are not being used optimally.
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/research-results/research/methods/index.html
March 01, 2021 - Cooperatives and practices used EHRs to extract ABCS clinical quality measures data to answer the initiative … Regional EvidenceNOW cooperatives also supported practices to improve how providers input data into their EHRs … developed resources for practice facilitators to support practice-based models of generating reports using EHRs … Because of the challenges in generating trustworthy and credible reports from EHRs, some cooperatives
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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/focus-diagnostic-safety.html
March 01, 2023 - Other projects explore the challenges and opportunities that electronic health records (EHRs) present … These efforts aim to leverage the vast amounts of data stored in EHRs, and the potential to improve the … display of the information in EHRs, to facilitate diagnosis.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/dressed-failure
September 01, 2011 - in 2008.( 2-4 ) Of the hospitals and providers who have not already made the move to EHRs, most … financial payments given to eligible hospitals and providers who follow a set of standards in using EHRs … Implementation of EHRs is known to be challenging, regardless of whether a provider or organization is … that can be identified from the experiences of organizations in implementing EHRs.( 7,10-12 ) These … Transitioning between ambulatory EHRs: a study of practitioners' perspectives.
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r18hs026196-Spyropoulos-final-report-2022.pdf
January 01, 2022 - suite of
individual CDS solutions capable of being integrated into clinical workflows within various EHRs … When we had originally conceived of the study, Northwell employed
multiple EHRs and our plan was to … The front-end interface consists of clinician-facing EHRs and the CDS apps. … These front-end EHRs are responsible for launching and running the browser based CDS apps. … The back-end data exchange consists of the EvidencePoint API and the back end EHRs.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/medication-mgmt-sample-process.pdf
June 02, 2025 - patient engagement and to accommodate primary care
practices that do not use electronic health records (EHRs … If your practice uses EHRs, ensure that the medication list in the record is updated
appropriately. … If your practice does not use EHRs, note any corrections or changes on the paper Medication
List form … If your practice uses EHRs, provide the patient with a printout of the complete and accurate
medication … If your practice does not use EHRs, provide the patient with a paper copy of the medication
list only
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/falling-between-cracks-software
March 09, 2011 - Interoperability of EHRs is a top policy priority in the United States because it offers clinicians the … Today, our electronic system is fragmented, with thousands of different EHRs being used by providers … In the context of EHRs, interoperability means that it should not require special effort on the part … We lack interoperability across EHRs today because of myriad technical, policy, and cultural barriers … October 4, 2023
Opportunities to mine EHRs for malpractice risk management and patient
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49703/psn-pdf
March 01, 2014 - not limited to (i) after-visit summaries generated
from new generation electronic health records (EHRs … Electronic health records (EHRs) and associated e-health tools have all been developed to foster patient … When using EHRs and e-health tools, it is imperative that providers attend even more to the quality of … is just now becoming available.(13) Alternatives for
optimal use of EHRs and e-health tools may come … EHRs in the exam room: tips on patient-centered care. Fam Pract
Manag. 2006;13:45-47.
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/optimizing-electronic-health-record-cardiac-care
January 01, 2023 - Clinical Workflow
Human Factors
Technology Usability
As electronic health records (EHRs … This research studied the usability of EHRs, as used by cardiac care physicians and nurses, to inform … a framework for clinician-centered design for EHRs that was validated with a fully functional EHR prototype … To evaluate clinicians' wants, needs, and barriers to using their current EHRs, simulated patients were … present complex clinical case scenarios to clinicians, who documented those scenarios in their own EHRs
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/index.html
March 01, 2024 - Primary care practices are incredibly creative, dedicated, and resilient, even with problematic EHRs … EHRs often do not provide primary care practices with access to the data they need to improve care quality … provide timely feedback data to primary care practices to drive QI, given the limitations of current EHRs
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/BarrierstoMeaningfulUseAppendixF.pdf
October 31, 2013 - What have you heard about EHRs from them?
b. … What concerns or worries about using EHRs
might you have based on what you’ve heard?
c. … of
EHRs? … Moderator: Question IV-
AB-12, ask about benefits of
using EHRs beyond EHR
Incentive payments. … Guide.):
• Awareness of peers
who have had success
with EHRs
• Belief there is
evidence that EHRs
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49542/psn-pdf
August 21, 2007 - The Commentary
The benefits of electronic health records (EHRs) are increasingly well-documented. … So we must remember that copying information in
medical records is not necessarily new, although EHRs … The safety issue raised by this case is not limited to EHRs: how to insure that information specified … In this
modern era of EHRs, this point, plus the risk of copying and pasting, must be driven home in … education and
training to use EHRs.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/are-informed-policies-place-promote-safe-and-usable-ehrs-cross-industry-comparison
September 19, 2018 - Study
Are informed policies in place to promote safe and usable EHRs? … Are informed policies in place to promote safe and usable EHRs? A cross-industry comparison. … Are informed policies in place to promote safe and usable EHRs? A cross-industry comparison.