Electronic health record impact on work burden in small, unaffiliated, community-based primary care practices

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 107-113

  Howard, Jenna ^a   Clark, Elizabeth C ^a   Friedman, Asia ^a   Crosson, Jesse C ^a   Pellerano, Maria ^a   Crabtree, Benjamin F ^a   Karsh, Ben Tzion ^b   Jaen, Carlos R ^c   Bell, Douglas S ^d   Cohen, Deborah J ^e  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

electronic health records; primary care; qualitative research; work burden

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JOB STRESS; LABORATORY TEST; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84872502519     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-012-2192-4     Document Type: Article

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