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Published in: BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 1/2020

01-12-2020 | Care | Debate

Rethinking the electronic health record through the quadruple aim: time to align its value with the health system

Authors: Hassane Alami, Pascale Lehoux, Marie-Pierre Gagnon, Jean-Paul Fortin, Richard Fleet, Mohamed Ali Ag Ahmed

Published in: BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making | Issue 1/2020

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Abstract

Electronic health records (EHRs) are considered as a powerful lever for enabling value-based health systems. However, many challenges to their use persist and some of their unintended negative impacts are increasingly well documented, including the deterioration of work conditions and quality, and increased dissatisfaction of health care providers. The “quadruple aim” consists of improving population health as well as patient and provider experience while reducing costs. Based on this approach, improving the quality of work and well-being of health care providers could help rethinking the implementation of EHRs and also other information technology-based tools and systems, while creating more value for patients, organizations and health systems.
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Metadata
Title
Rethinking the electronic health record through the quadruple aim: time to align its value with the health system
Authors
Hassane Alami
Pascale Lehoux
Marie-Pierre Gagnon
Jean-Paul Fortin
Richard Fleet
Mohamed Ali Ag Ahmed
Publication date
01-12-2020
Publisher
BioMed Central
Keyword
Care
Published in
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making / Issue 1/2020
Electronic ISSN: 1472-6947
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12911-020-1048-9

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