7 articles in this issue
Simon de Lusignan
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Melanie D Logue,Judith A Effken
Background Despite international efforts moving toward integrated care using health information technologies and the potential of electronic PHRs to help us better coordinate patient-centered care, PHR adoption in the United States remains low among patie... see more
Dipak Kalra,Bernard Fernando,Zoe Morrison,Aziz Sheikh
Background The case has historically been presented that structured and/or coded electronic health records (EHRs) benefit direct patient care, but the evidence base for this is not well documented.Methods We searched for evidence of direct patient care va... see more
Marissa Salvo,Stefanie C Nigro,Deborah Ward
Background Utilisation of the electronic medical record (EMR) is believed to facilitate timely access to patient information, enhance communication between care team members and further promote clinical decision support.Objective To determine if pharmacis... see more
Aviv Shachak,Jan Barnsley,Catherine Montgomery,Karen Tu,Alejandro R Jadad,Louise Lemieux-Charles
Background In primary care settings, users often rely on vendors to provide support for health information technology (HIT). Yet, little is known about the vendors’ perspectives on the support they provide, how support personnel perceive their roles, the ... see more
Emily Coberly,Suzanne Austin Boren,Mayank Mittal,Justin Wade Davis,Caryn Scoville,Rebecca Chitima-Matsiga,Bin Ge,Adam Cullina,Robert A Logan,William C Steinmann,Robert H Hodge
Background The internet can provide evidence-based patient education to overcome time constraints of busy ambulatory practices. Health information prescriptions (HIPs) can be effectively integrated into clinic workflow, but compliance to visit health info... see more
Emily Leppenwell,Simon de Lusignan,Marilia Tristan Vicente,Georgios Michalakidis,Paul Krause,Steve Thompson,Mark McGilchrist,Terry Desombre,Adel Taweel,Brendan Delaney
Background Clinical data are collected for routine care in family practice; there are also a growing number of genetic and cancer registry data repositories. The Translational Research and Patient Safety in Europe (TRANSFoRm) project seeks to facilitate r... see more