Paper- and computer-based workarounds to electronic health record use at three benchmark institutions

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 20, Issue E1, 2013, Pages

  Flanagan, Mindy E ^a   Saleem, Jason J ^a,b,c   Millitello, Laura G ^d   Russ, Alissa L ^a,b,c,e   Doebbeling, Bradley N ^a,b,c,f,g  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Applied Decision Science   (United States)

^e PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g IU School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COMPUTER; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PAPER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRODUCTIVITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES; WORKAROUNDS;

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; WORKAROUNDS;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; BENCHMARKING; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PAPER; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WORK SIMPLIFICATION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84881343243     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2012-000982     Document Type: Article

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