Back to Search
Start Over
Electronic Medical Record Use Among US Occupational Medicine Physicians A National Survey.
- Source :
-
Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine . Oct2013, Vol. 55 Issue 10, p1191-1196. 6p. - Publication Year :
- 2013
-
Abstract
- Objective: To examine the use of electronic medical records (EMRs) among US occupational medicine physicians (OMPs). Methods: An electronic- and paper-based survey was conducted among OMPs using an anonymous self- administered questionnaire. Results: The OMPs reported using an EMR for billing purposes only (14.6%), clinical purposes only (27.8%), or both (39.3%) with the total EMR use of 81.7%. About 60% were satisfied with their EMRs, and 64% to 66% believed that EMRs improve safety and quality of medical care. Among OMPs not using EMR, 17% reported that they were likely to adopt an EMR in the year after the survey, whereas 47% were very unlikely to do so. Conclusions: Occupational physicians' use of EMRs was relatively high. They also seemed to be satisfied with their EMRs and believed that EMRs improve both safety and quality of clinical care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *ELECTRONIC health records
*CHI-squared test
*CONFIDENCE intervals
*CUSTOMER satisfaction
*EPIDEMIOLOGY
*OCCUPATIONAL medicine
*PATIENT safety
*POPULATION geography
*QUESTIONNAIRES
*T-test (Statistics)
*DATA analysis
*DISEASE prevalence
*DATA analysis software
*PHYSICIANS' attitudes
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10762752
- Volume :
- 55
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 91529487
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0b013e31829b3a4c