13 Jul The Impact of the Electronic Health Records on Interprofessional Practice

Posted at 17:04h in EHR, Industry Trends by Empower Systems

Source: PhysiciansWeekly.com

Interprofessional practice and teamwork are crucial components of patient care in a complex medical setting.  For a study, researchers sought to locate, characterize, and assess studies that examined the impact of electronic health records (EHRs) or modification/enhancement to an EHR on interprofessional practice in a hospital context. About 7 databases were searched until November 2021, including PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, CINAHL, Cochrane, EMBASE, and the ACM Digital Library. Investigators conducted subject heading and title/abstract searches using the following search terms: “interprofessional,” “electronic health records,” and “hospital, staff.” No date limits were applied. The search resulted in 5,400 papers; after removing duplicates, 3,255 were left for title/abstract screening. The study incorporated 17 studies that met the inclusion criteria.

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