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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When Email Comes to the Doctor’s Office, Wait Times Decrease | New York Times | March 18, 2019 |
Where Are We on the Diffusion Curve? :Trends and Drivers of Primary Care Physicians' Use of Health Information Technology | The Commonwealth Fund | January 24, 2014 |
Why a Patient's Story Matters More Than a Computer Checklist | NPR | November 17, 2013 |
Why Are Health Care Organizations Slow To Adopt Patient-Facing Digital Technologies? | Health Affairs Blog | March 6, 2019 |
Will Patients Be Better Consumers When They Can Access Their Health Data? | Health Affairs Blog | March 11, 2019 |
With Rural Health Care Stretched Thin, More Patients Turn To Telehealth | NPR | July 7, 2019 |