Comparison of accuracy of physical examination findings in initial progress notes between paper charts and a newly implemented electronic health record

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 140-144

  Yadav, Siddhartha ^a,b   Kazanji, Noora ^a   Narayan, K C ^c   Paudel, Sudarshan ^d   Falatko, John ^a   Shoichet, Sandor ^a   Maddens, Michael ^a   Barnes, Michael A ^a  

^a Beaumont Health ^*  (United States)

^b Nancy and James Grosfeld Cancer Genetics Center   (United States)

^c Springfield Clinic   (United States)

^d ST JOHN HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; EHR; Electronic health record; EMR; Inaccuracy; Paper chart; Physical examination

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESIDENT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEDICAL RECORD; PAPER; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS;

AGED; DATA ACCURACY; DOCUMENTATION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; PAPER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 85014742990     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jamia/ocw067     Document Type: Article

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