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Study concludes no correlation between EHRs and improved quality healthcare
EHR Connection, July 30, 2007
Two recent studies concluded that there is no relationship between the use of EHRs and the quality of patient healthcare, according to a July 24 article on the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Web site.
The first study, published in the July 9 Archives of Internal Medicine focused on the use of EHRs in ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs). Survey results showed that there was no major difference in performance on quality indicators in 14 out of 17 indicators for facilities that used EHRs versus facilities that did not.
The second study, published in the May/June issue of Annals of Family Medicine, inspected quality-of-care data in 50 family medicine practices. Thirteen of these practices used EHRs and 37 did not.
Steven Waldren, M.D., director of AAFP's Center for Health Information Technology, pointed out that some information, such as details about EHR functionality and how physicians used EHRs, was missing from each study.
To read the AAFP article, click here.
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