Better-Informed Clinical Decisions
When all patient information is in one place, physicians can make well-informed treatment decisions quickly and safely:
- 97% reported that EHRs contributed to timely access to medical records and 82% reported that EHRs positively affected the quality of clinical decisions.
- 80% reported that EHRs averted a known drug allergic reaction, and 71% avoided a potentially dangerous drug interaction.
- By increasing adherence to guideline- or protocol-based care, delivery improvements ranged from absolute increases of 5 to 66 percentage points, with most clustering in the range of 12 to 20 percentage points.
Source: Illinois Health Information Technology Regional Extension Center
DesRoches CM, et al. “Electronic Health Records in Ambulatory Care – A National Survey of Physicians.” New England Journal of Medicine, 2008.
Chaudry B, et al. “Systematic Review: Impact of Health Information Technology on Quality, Efficiency, and Costs of Medical Care.” Annals of Internal Medicine, 2006
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