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USABILITY

Patient–Physician Interactions and the Electronic Medical Record

CAROLYN K. SHUE, PH.D. AND LAURA L. S. O’HARA, PH.D.

Contents

Definition of Terms and Chapter Focus

The Current State of EMR/EHR Adoption

The EMR/EHR and Patient-Physician Interactions

Recommendations for Implementing EMR/EHR/HIT Improvements

Patient-Physician Interactions

Provider and Patient Usability

Care Coordination

Clinical and Practice Improvement Research

Conclusion

Endnotes

References

In President George W. Bush’s 2004 State of the Union address, he challenged the medical community to eliminate paper medical records by 2014. In support of this challenge, President Bush proposed allocating $100 million of the 2005 fiscal year budget and $125 million of the ...

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