Electronic health records and the increasing complexity of medical practice: "it never gets easier, you just go faster"

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 490-492

  Mishuris, Rebecca G ^a,b   Linder, Jeffrey A ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COLORECTAL CANCER; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EDITORIAL; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHARYNGITIS; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REIMBURSEMENT; TECHNOLOGY;

AMBULATORY CARE; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84876666490     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-012-2304-1     Document Type: Editorial

References (11)

1. Linder JA, Ma J, Bates DW, Middleton B, Stafford RS. Electronic health record use and the quality of ambulatory care in the United States. Arch Intern Med. 2007;167(13):1400-1405.
2. Reed M, Huang J, Graetz I, et al. Outpatient electronic health records and the clinical care and outcomes of patients with diabetes mellitus. Ann Intern Med. 2012;157(7):482-489.
3. Kern LM, Barron Y, Dhopeshwarkar RV, Edwards A, Kaushal R. Electronic health records and ambulatory quality of care. J Gen Intern Med. 2013; doi: 10.1007/s11606-012-2237-8.
4. Jamoom E, Beatty P, Bercovitz A, Woodwell D, Palso K, Rechtsteiner E. Physician adoption of electronic health record systems: United States, 2011. NCHS Data Brief. 2012;98:1-8.
5. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of Inspector General. Early assessment finds that CMS faces obstacles in overseeing the Medicare EHR incentive program. November 2012. OEI-05-11-00250. https://oig.hhs.gov/oei/ reports/oei-05-11-00250.pdf.
6. Linder JA, Schnipper JL, Middleton B. Method of electronic health record documentation and quality of primary care. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2012;19(6):1019-1024.
7. Samal L, Linder JA, Lipsitz SR, Hicks LS. Electronic health records, clinical decision support, and blood pressure control. Am J Manage Care. 2011;17(9):626-632.
8. Abelson R, Creswell J, Palmer G. Medicare bills rise as records turn electronic. New York Times. September 22, 2012. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/ 22/business/medicare-billing-rises-at-hospitals-with-electronic-records.html.
9. Turchin A, Goldberg SI, Breydo E, Shubina M, Einbinder JS. Copy/paste documentation of lifestyle counseling and glycemic control in patients with diabetes: true to form? Arch Intern Med. 2011;171(15):1393-1394.
10. Timbie JW, Schneider EC, Van Busum K, Fox DS. Five reasons that many comparative effectiveness studies fail to change patient care and clinical practice. Health Aff (Millwood). 2012;31(10):2168-2175.
11. Smith CD. Teaching high-value, cost-conscious care to residents: the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine-American College of Physicians curriculum. Ann Intern Med. 2012;157(4):284-286.