title: Do minority-serving physicians have comparable rates of use of electronic health records?
abstract: Given concerns that efforts to improve quality using tools such as electronic health records (EHR) could increase the digital divide among racial groups, we sought to determine whether minority-serving physicians in Massachusetts use EHR at the same rate as non-minority serving physicians. We found that physicians who cared for large minority populations had comparable rates of EHR use, identified similar barriers and reported similar benefits.
authors.affiliation: Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Ashish K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Jha
authors.forename: David W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Bates
authors.forename: Chelsea A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Jenter
authors.forename: E John
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Orav
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Steven R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Simon
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001292:Attitude to Computers; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008404:Massachusetts; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008913:Minority Groups; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology