Studies Analyze How EHR Use Influences Physician Behavior

Studies Analyze How EHR Use Influences Physician Behavior 150 150 IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine (JTEHM)

A pair of recent studies examine how the use of electronic health records influence physician behavior. One found that a deluge of inappropriate EHR alerts could cause providers to ignore true positive alerts, while the other reports that a clinician’s level of technical savviness does not necessarily predict whether he or she will use EHRs.
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