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Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine 2/2019

01-02-2019 | Letter to the Editor

Effects of EHR Use on Patient Participation

Author: William Ventres, MD, MA

Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Issue 2/2019

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Excerpt

I enjoyed reading the article by Street and colleagues on how physicians’ use of Electronic Health Records (EHRs) affects patient participation.1 Sadly, little seems to have changed since over a decade ago, when I explored roughly the same subject (admittedly using far less sophisticated quantitative measures and a much smaller sample).2 The triadic interplay between physicians, patients, and EHRs has always been difficult to navigate, influenced as it is by many technical, relational, and organizational issues.3 …
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Street RL, Liu L, Farber NJ, et al. Keystrokes, mouse clicks, and gazing at the computer: how physician interaction with the EHR affects patient participation. J Gen Intern Med 33(4):423–8.
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Ventres W, Kooienga S, Marlin R, Vuckovic N, Stewart V. Clinician style and examination room computers: a video ethnography. Fam Med 2005;37(4):276–81.PubMed
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Ventres W. Kooeniga S, Marlin R, Vuckovic N, Nygren P, Stewart V. Physicians, patients, and the electronic health record: an ethnographic analysis. Ann Fam Med 2006;4:124–31.CrossRef
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Loxterkamp D. Distraction, disengagement, and the purpose of medicine. In: Papadakos PJ, Bertman S, eds. Distracted Doctoring: Returning to Patient-Centered Care in the Digital Age. New York: Springer International Publishing AG 2017;61–70.
Metadata
Title
Effects of EHR Use on Patient Participation
Author
William Ventres, MD, MA
Publication date
01-02-2019
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of General Internal Medicine / Issue 2/2019
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Electronic ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-018-4650-0

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