Electronic Health Record Systems in Ophthalmology: Impact on Clinical Documentation – Corrected Proof
Objective:
To evaluate quantitative and qualitative differences in documentation of the ophthalmic examination between paper and electronic health record (EHR) systems.
Design:
Comparative case series.
Participants:
One hundred fifty consecutive pairs of matched paper and EHR notes, documented by 3 attending ophthalmologist providers.
Methods:
An academic ophthalmology department implemented an EHR system in 2006. Database queries were performed to identify cases in which the same problems were documented by the same provider on different dates, using paper versus EHR methods. This was done for 50 consecutive pairs of examinations in 3 different diseases: age-related macular degeneration (AMD), glaucoma, and pigmented (Read more...)