title: Measurement of the utilization of an installed electronic health record.
abstract: For the past decade, adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) has been proposed as one of the most viable approaches to improving the United States health care system. Although there is evidence that EHR adoption is slowly progressing, current methods of assessing adoption have yielded significant variance in estimates of EHR utilization. We conducted an environmental scan consisting of a review of the literature as well as a series of discussions with health center and health center network representatives and experts in the field to understand the current state of EHR adoption and use in the United States and assess the feasibility of developing a systematic approach to tracking EHR usage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Care Research, NORC at the University of Chicago, USA.
authors.forename: Prashila
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dullabh
authors.forename: Adil
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moiduddin
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Babalola
mesh_terms: D000555:Ambulatory Care Information Systems / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D001292:Attitude to Computers; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States; D014600:Utilization Review / Q000379:methods*