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Multitasking, silent EHR use affects patient care
Although most clinicians multitask while using electronic health records, which increases the risk for communication and timeliness errors, transitions to silent EHR use can have unclear ramifications, according to a research letter published in JAMA Internal Medicine.“Electronic health record (EHR) implementation may affect time allocation during patient visits,” Neda Ratanawongsa, MD, MPH, from the division of general internal medicine at the University of California, San Francisco and the UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations at San Francisco General Hospital, and colleagues wrote. “Clinicians may use EHRs in silence, risking lower patient (Read more...)