The impact of adoption of an electronic health record on emergency physician work: A time motion study.

Samantha Calder-SprackmanGlenda ClaphamTrisha KandiahJade Choo-FooSimran AggarwalJulia SweetKhadeer AbdulkarimCourtney PriceVenkatesh ThiruganasambandamoorthyEdmund S H Kwok

Published in: Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open (2021)

A new EHR impacts emergency physician task allocation and several changes are sustained post-implementation. Physician efficiency decreased and did not recover to baseline. Understanding workflow changes during transition to EHR in the ED is necessary to develop strategies to maintain quality of care.

Keyphrases

electronic health record
emergency department
primary care
healthcare
clinical decision support
quality improvement
adverse drug
public health
palliative care