Dichotomy between physicians' and patients' attitudes regarding EMR use during outpatient encounters
Detrimental effects on physician-patient rapport are an often-voiced concern regarding the impacts of implementing an EMR in busy outpatient healthcare environments. Our objectives in this study were to: 1) identify significant concerns of physicians regarding implementation of an EMR in an outpatie...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Proceedings. AMIA Symposium. - 1998. - (2000) vom: 01., Seite 275-9 |
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| Format: | Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | English |
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Proceedings. AMIA Symposium |
| Schlagworte: | Journal Article |
| Zusammenfassung: | Detrimental effects on physician-patient rapport are an often-voiced concern regarding the impacts of implementing an EMR in busy outpatient healthcare environments. Our objectives in this study were to: 1) identify significant concerns of physicians regarding implementation of an EMR in an outpatient clinic, both prior to implementation and after 6 months of use, and 2) assess patients' satisfaction with their outpatient encounters in this clinic, including general and EMR-specific factors. For physicians, physician-patient rapport was a concern prior to EMR implementation and increased with use of the system. In contrast, patients did not indicate a sense of loss of rapport with their physicians when an EMR was used during their outpatient visits. However, physicians and patients shared a concern about the privacy of medical information contained in an EMR |
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| Beschreibung: | Date Completed 08.03.2001 Date Revised 13.11.2018 published: Print Citation Status MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 1531-605X |