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Understanding the Impact of Electronic Medical Record Use on Practice-Based Population Health Management: A Mixed-Method Study.

Isaac VaghefiJohn Gareth HughesSusan LawMichel A LortieChad Andrew LeaverLiette Lapointe
Published in: JMIR medical informatics (2016)
Our results suggest that EMR usage is pivotal in setting the foundation to support PBPH. The wide range of performance variation among EMR-enabled clinics suggests that EMR functionality and optimization, its support of clinical practice workflow, and policy issues to ensure adoption of standards are critical issues to facilitate PBPH.
Keyphrases
  • clinical practice
  • primary care
  • healthcare
  • electronic health record
  • public health
  • quality improvement