Electronic health records: Use, barriers and satisfaction among physicians who care for black and Hispanic patients

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 158-163

  Jha, Ashish K ^a,b   Bates, David W ^a,c   Jenter, Chelsea ^c,d   Orav, E John ^c,d   Zheng, Jie ^a   Cleary, Paul ^c   Simon, Steven R ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Division of General Internal Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic health records; Physician satisfaction; Racial disparities

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MINORITY GROUP; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; SATISFACTION; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MASSACHUSETTS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 60349110312     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2008.00975.x     Document Type: Article

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