Effects of electronic health record use on the exam room communication skills of resident physicians: A randomized withinsubjects study

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 192-198

  Taft, Teresa ^a   Lenert, Leslie ^b,c   Sakaguchi, Farrant ^a,d   Stoddard, Gregory ^a   Milne, Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic health records; Physicians in training; Provider patient communication; Qualitative research; Simulated patients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COMPUTER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERVIEW; MALE; RESIDENT; VIDEORECORDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MICROCOMPUTER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

COMMUNICATION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MICROCOMPUTERS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84940386913     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2014-002871     Document Type: Article

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