While many e-prescribing systems have features to provide access to external patient information, physician practices face challenges using these tools effectively, according to a study by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC). Most of the practices that were studied for the report had access to formulary information, but only about half reported access […]
EMR Dreams: Vision Not Matching Reality
A gap exists between policy makers’ expectations that commercial EMRs can improve coordination of care and clinicians’ actual experiences with EMRs, according to a study by the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC), published online in The Journal of General Internal Medicine. Current commercial ambulatory care EMRs facilitate care coordination within a […]