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In general larger offices in the study that employed EHRs recorded productivity gains but certain types of smaller practices lost productivity. “YOU SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE SUBTLE WAY THAT YOU MIGHT BE CHANGING EXISTING COMMUNICATION PATTERNS AMONG STAFF” One likely reason for the decline processing electronic records can change the way staff members communicate with one another clogging up what had been a well oiled machine.
When you adopt EHRs you should be aware of the subtle way that you might be changing existing communication patterns among staff says Harvard Business School Professor Robert S. Huckman who recently cowrote The Impact of Electronic Health Record Use on Physician Productivity with University Poland Mobile Number List of Michigan Assistant Professor Julia Adler Milstein. The Digital Doctor In recent years many physicians have put away pen and paper and taken up the keyboard or tablet to maintain patient health records. One motivation was the Health Information Health Act which allows for billion in incentives for health care providers who demonstrate meaningful use of digital records.
The legislation came from the belief that EHRs used in certain ways—such as medication order entry that would alert a clinician about drug to drug interactions—could ultimately make patient care safer more effective and more efficient. Entering patient data into a computer can cost doctors valuable patient time. Photo iStockPhoto However several studies indicated that when physicians spent extra time entering data themselves it cut down time spent with patients and stretched out their workday—hardly what was intended.
When you adopt EHRs you should be aware of the subtle way that you might be changing existing communication patterns among staff says Harvard Business School Professor Robert S. Huckman who recently cowrote The Impact of Electronic Health Record Use on Physician Productivity with University Poland Mobile Number List of Michigan Assistant Professor Julia Adler Milstein. The Digital Doctor In recent years many physicians have put away pen and paper and taken up the keyboard or tablet to maintain patient health records. One motivation was the Health Information Health Act which allows for billion in incentives for health care providers who demonstrate meaningful use of digital records.
The legislation came from the belief that EHRs used in certain ways—such as medication order entry that would alert a clinician about drug to drug interactions—could ultimately make patient care safer more effective and more efficient. Entering patient data into a computer can cost doctors valuable patient time. Photo iStockPhoto However several studies indicated that when physicians spent extra time entering data themselves it cut down time spent with patients and stretched out their workday—hardly what was intended.