A typology of electronic health record workarounds in small-to-medium size primary care practices.

Asia Friedman; Jesse C. Crosson; Jenna Howard; Elizabeth C. Clark; Maria Pellerano; Ben-Tzion Karsh; Benjamin Crabtree; Carlos Roberto Jaén; Deborah J. Cohen

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A typology of electronic health record workarounds in small-to-medium size primary care practices.

August 21, 2013

Friedman A, Crosson JC, Howard J, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2014;21(e1):e78-83.

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This ethnographic study used direct observation to characterize how users of an electronic health record compensated for perceived system deficiencies.

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