Electronic Medical Records Are Not Associated With Improved Documentation in Community Primary Care Practices
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The adoption of electronic medical records (EMRs) in ambulatory settings has been widely recommended. It is hoped that EMRs will improve care; however, little is known about the effect of EMR use on care quality in this setting. This study compares EMR versus paper medical record documentation of basic health history and preventive service indicators in 47 community-based practices. Differences in practice-level documentation rates between practices that did and did not use an EMR were examined using the Kruskal-Wallis nonparametric test and robust regression, adjusting for practice-level covariates. Frequency of documentation of health history and preventive service indicator items were similar in the 2 groups of practices. Although EMRs provide the capacity for more robust record keeping, the community-based practices here do not use EMRs to their full capacity. EMR usage does not guarantee more systematic record keeping and thus may not lead to improved quality in the community practice setting.
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- Authors
- Hahn, K. A., Ohman-Strickland, P. A., Cohen, D. J., Piasecki, A. K., Crosson, J. C., Clark, E. C., & Crabtree, B. F.
- Affiliations
- University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (US)
- University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Somerset, NJ
- Rutgers Cancer Institute (US)
- Venue
- American Journal of Medical Quality
- Published
- 2011-01-25
- Volume
- 26
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 272-277
- ISSN
- 1062-8606 (ISSN-L)
- 1555-824X
- PMC
- PMC3137715
- OpenAlex
- W2158157334
- Cited by
- 28
- References
- 24
- Citations by year
- 2024: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 3 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 6 · 2013: 7 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 7.18
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- American Journal of Medical Quality (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R01-HL70800, R01HL070800)
- National Cancer Institute (K05CA140237)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Health Information Management › Electronic Health Records Systems
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Health Information Management › Medical Coding and Health Information
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Issues, ethics and legal aspects › Nursing Diagnosis and Documentation
- Keywords
- electronic health records, paper medical records, clinical documentation, primary care practices, community-based practice, quality of care, outpatient care
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Community Health Centers, Documentation, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Primary Health Care, Statistics, Nonparametric, Young Adult, Electronic Health Records
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