1|DEVELOPMENT AND ADOPTION OF EHR IN THE UNITED STATES At present,health-care systems in the United States face enormous challenges in providing quality care,characterized by safe,effective,efficient,patientcentered,t...1|DEVELOPMENT AND ADOPTION OF EHR IN THE UNITED STATES At present,health-care systems in the United States face enormous challenges in providing quality care,characterized by safe,effective,efficient,patientcentered,timely,and equitable care while containing health-care costs[1,2].To understand and address patients'increasingly complicated health-care needs,we need safe access to quality information that is characterized by integrity,reliability,and accuracy[3],and establish mutually beneficial relationships among a multidisciplinary team of professionals[4].Traditional paper-based clinical workflow produces many issues such as illegible handwriting,inconvenient access,the possibility of computational prescribing errors,inadequate patient hand-offs,and drug administration errors.These problems can lead to medical errors,omissions,and duplications and,ultimately,poor patient outcomes and compromised quality of care[2].展开更多
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文摘1|DEVELOPMENT AND ADOPTION OF EHR IN THE UNITED STATES At present,health-care systems in the United States face enormous challenges in providing quality care,characterized by safe,effective,efficient,patientcentered,timely,and equitable care while containing health-care costs[1,2].To understand and address patients'increasingly complicated health-care needs,we need safe access to quality information that is characterized by integrity,reliability,and accuracy[3],and establish mutually beneficial relationships among a multidisciplinary team of professionals[4].Traditional paper-based clinical workflow produces many issues such as illegible handwriting,inconvenient access,the possibility of computational prescribing errors,inadequate patient hand-offs,and drug administration errors.These problems can lead to medical errors,omissions,and duplications and,ultimately,poor patient outcomes and compromised quality of care[2].
