Is electronic health record use associated with patient satisfaction in hospitals?

Health Care Management Review

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-30

  Kazley, Abby Swanson ^a   Diana, Mark L ^b   Ford, Eric W ^c   Menachemi, Nir ^d  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

EHR use; patient satisfaction; propensity score matching

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 82555166972     PISSN: 03616274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HMR.0b013e3182307bd3     Document Type: Article

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