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Electronic Health Record (EHR)

Running head : Electronic Health Record

Electronic Health Record

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Electronic Health Record

Burton , L . C , Anderson , G . F Kues , I . W (2004 . Using Electronic Health Records to Help Coordinate Care . The Milbank Quarterly 82 (3 457-481

This article , which was published in a reputable journal , was written by authors who were connected with Partnership for Solutions : Better Lives for People with Chronic Conditions , which is a founded national program (Burton , Anderson Kues , 2004

It discusses how the adoption of electronic health records help in

the coordinated care of patients in health care institutions . It describes how different providers , which include medical centers , community hospitals , and health agencies could link their information to improve the delivery of health care services (Burton , Anderson Kues , 2004

This article is useful for research on electronic health records because it enumerates and describes how different institutional providers like insurers , disease management companies , and federal initiatives actually develop and use their information systems . These information could pave the way to better coordination among stakeholders and ultimately , the result would be better health care (Burton , Anderson Kues , 2004

Conn , J (2006 . Ambulatory EHR use low : study . Modern Healthcare 38 (25 , 14

This article reports the findings of a survey posted on the website of the New England Journal of Medicine , which deals with questions on the number of physicians who have access and who actually use electronic health records in hospitals . This article is a reliable report of what may be the most comprehensive survey to date of physician adoption of electronic health-record systems ' It was published in Modern Healthcare and may be found in the Biomedical Reference Collection Peers likewise praise the survey that was the basis of the article since it allegedly provides a definitive base line ' from which future progress may be compared (Conn , 2006

The survey results show that a meager seventeen percent of physicians in ambulatory care have access to electronic health records . This means that more than eighty percent of physicians cannot even access these records . Moreover , physicians who do have access to electronic health records use them with limited functionality . These findings are relevant , considering that this low adoption rate shows that electronic health records are not being exploited to their full potential . Looking at the findings on a brighter side , the survey serves as a benchmark that must be exceeded in the future (Conn , 2006

Dahm , M . F Wadensten , B (2008 , August . Nurses ' experiences of and opinions about using standardised care plans in electronic health records - a questionnaire study . Journal of Clinical Nursing 17 (16 2137-2145

Using the keywords electronic health record and nursing documentation in searching the database of Blackwell Publishing Limited , the article written by Dahm and Wadensten is found . This article documents a study that researched on the opinions of nurses on the use of standardized care plans in electronic health record . It also looks into the nurses views on quality standards for clinical practice (Dahm Wadensten 2008

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