Transitions from one electronic health record to another: challenges, pitfalls, and recommendations.

Chunya Huang; Ross Koppel; John D. McGreevey; Catherine K. Craven; Richard Schreiber

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Transitions from one electronic health record to another: challenges, pitfalls, and recommendations.

December 16, 2020

Huang C, Koppel R, McGreevey JD, et al. Appl Clin Inform. 2020;11(05):742-754.

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Prior studies have shown that adverse events can increase during the implementation of a new electronic health record (EHR) system. EHR transitions are remarkably expensive, laborious, personnel devouring, and time consuming. This article presents recommendations to facilitate transitions between one EHR system to another and opportunities for problem mitigation to avoid patient safety events.

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