Transition from paper to electronic inpatient physician notes.
UW Medicine teaching hospitals have seen a move from paper to electronic physician inpatient notes, after improving the availability of workstations, and wireless laptops and the technical infrastructure supporting the electronic medical record (EMR). The primary driver for the transition was to unify the medical record for all disciplines in one location. The main barrier faced was the time required to enter notes, which was addressed with data-rich templates tailored [...]
Author(s): Payne, Thomas H, tenBroek, Aharon E, Fletcher, Grant S, Labuguen, Mardi C
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M3173