Association of electronic health record use above meaningful use thresholds with hospital quality and safety outcomes.

Zachary R Murphy; Jiangxia Wang; Michael V Boland

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Association of electronic health record use above meaningful use thresholds with hospital quality and safety outcomes.

October 21, 2020

Murphy ZR, Wang J, Boland MV. JAMA Netw Open. 2020;3(9):e2012529.

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This cross-sectional analysis explored associations between electronic health record (EHR) implementation above meaningful use performance thresholds and changes in safety and patient satisfaction. Increasing EHR implementation of computerized physician order entry (CPOE) was not straightforwardly associated with improvements in safety and satisfaction.

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