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Approaches and Challenges to Optimizing the Use of the Electronic Health Record in Primary Care
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E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education, in Montréal, Quebec, Canada ISBN 978-1-880094-98-3 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), San Diego, CA

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Abstract

This qualitative study investigates the approaches to electronic health record (EHR) quality improvement that optimization analysts took and the challenges that they perceived in their work in a large Midwestern academic healthcare system. Findings suggest that approaches to EHR optimization varied at the levels of the organization, primary care teams, and team members. A major challenge was the tension between standardization required by the organization and the customization desired by the empowered primary care teams. Other challenges identified at the team level included a reluctance to change existing habits, a lack of dedicated time for optimization, and a lack of technological knowledge. The implications of this study highlight the need to involve different stakeholders’ opinions in the process of EHR optimization planning. An in-depth understanding of the workflow, the cognitive and interactional activities in primary care is necessary for successful EHR optimization.

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Yang, W.L., Pandhi, N., Karp, Z., Young, A., Beasley, J., Kraft, S. & Carayon, P. (2012). Approaches and Challenges to Optimizing the Use of the Electronic Health Record in Primary Care. In T. Bastiaens & G. Marks (Eds.), Proceedings of E-Learn 2012--World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 1 (pp. 852-858). Montréal, Quebec, Canada: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved March 4, 2021 from .

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