Emerging from EHR purgatory moving from process to outcomes. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Emerging from EHR purgatory moving from process to outcomes. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Commentary
 
• Published May 2017

Emerging from EHR purgatory—moving from process to outcomes.

Goroll AH. N Engl J Med. 2017;376:2004-2006.

Electronic health records can both contribute to and detract from patient safety. This commentary discusses how the physician payment system hinders the development and innovation needed to enhance the ability of electronic health record systems to deliver on promises of improved safety and quality.

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