EHR challenges, information overload often lead to staff workarounds

Healthcare IT News: While the benefits of electronic health records have been widely touted, and EHRs are now ubiquitous across hospitals in the United States, a study of a major teaching hospital in New England indicated care teams commonly use EHR shortcuts and workarounds – potentially impacting quality and safety.

The report, published in peer-reviewed science journal PLOS One, found that EHRs are not used for information sharing and frequently impede intra-care team communication, while also revealing a high degree of variance in the ways care teams use EHRs during morning rounds.

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