Are physicians' perceptions of healthcare quality and practice satisfaction affected by errors associated with electronic health record use?

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 610-614

  Love, Jennifer S ^a   Wright, Adam ^b   Simon, Steven R ^b,c   Jenter, Chelsea A ^b   Soran, Christine S ^a   Volk, Lynn A ^a   Bates, David W ^b   Poon, Eric G ^b  

^a PARTNERS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MEDICAL ERRORS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84865183769     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2011-000544     Document Type: Article

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