Health information technology has played a critical role in transforming healthcare. Primary care in particular has done an excellent job in adopting many of these new techniques and strategies by employing IT that healthcare researchers have recognized as potentially beneficial. Especially as practices move towards a more coordinated care system, a well organized EHR can make all the difference in effective communication within the care team. Early health IT efforts focused on things such as accurate coding, however the overall goal is to allow practices to provide higher quality care and ultimately see better health outcomes of their patients. For practices looking to improve their health IT, researchers have spent significant time identifying best the best ways to implement and properly utilize the new technology.
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The Patient-Centered Medical Home, Electronic Health Records, and Quality of Care | June 2014 | The Annals of Family Medicine | |
The State of Patient Engagement and Health IT | August 2014 | HIMSS | |
The Triple Aim: Care, Health, And Cost | May 2008 | Health Affairs | |
Transforming Patient Engagement:Health IT in the Medical Home | October 2010 | Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative | |
Using Technology to Manage Your Health Care | November 2013 | Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology | |
What It Will Take To Achieve The As-Yet-Unfulfilled Promises Of Health Information Technology | January 2013 | Health Affairs | |
When Practice Transformation Impedes Practice Improvement | May 2015 | Annals of Family Medicine |