title: The impact of electronic medical records on timeliness of diagnosis of asthma.
abstract: We assessed timeliness of diagnosis of asthma before and after the inception of electronic medical record (EMR). The proportions of children with a delay in diagnosis of asthma before and after the inception of EMR were 67.8% and 56.8%, respectively (p = 0.088). A significant proportion of children have delayed diagnosis of asthma, and availability of EMR plays a minimal role in reducing delays in diagnosis of asthma. However, considering the limited statistical power and a potential trend of EMR toward the positive impact on timely diagnosis of asthma, the study results need to be revisited in a larger study.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Konkuk University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Kwang Ha
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Yoo
authors.forename: Whitney E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Molis
authors.forename: Amy L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Weaver
authors.forename: Robert M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Jacobson
authors.forename: Young J
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Juhn
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D053208:Kaplan-Meier Estimate; D008297:Male; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors