Assessing the efficacy of the electronic patient record system EDeR: implementation study--study protocol.

ABSTRACT: Despite many innovations in information technology, many clinics still rely on paper-based medical records. Critics, however, claim that they are hard to read, because of illegible handwriting, and uncomfortable to use. Moreover, a chronological overview is not always easily possible, content can be destroyed or get lost. There is an overall opinion that electronic medical records (EMRs) should solve these problems and improve physicians' efficiency, patients' safety and reduce the overall costs in practice. However, to date, the evidence supporting this view is sparse. In this protocol, we describe a study exploring differences in speed and accuracy when searching clinical information using the paper-based patient record or the Elektronische DateneRfassung (EDeR). Designed as a randomised

SUBMITTER: Job O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3641441 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature