title: Satisfaction with electronic health records is associated with job satisfaction among primary care physicians.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the association between electronic health record (EHR) satisfaction and job satisfaction in primary care physicians (PCPs).
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional survey of PCPs at 825 primary care practices in North Carolina.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Surveys were returned from 283 individuals across 214 practices (26% response rate for practices), of whom 122 were physicians with EHRs and no missing information. We found that for each point increase in EHR satisfaction, job satisfaction increased by ∼0.36 points both in an unadjusted and an adjusted model (β 0.359 unadjusted, 0.361 adjusted; p < 0.001 for both models).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We found that EHR satisfaction was associated with job satisfaction in a cross-sectional survey of PCPs. Our conclusions are limited by suboptimum survey response rate, but if confirmed may have substantial implications for how EHR vendors develop their product to support the needs of PCPs.
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor Hospital Medicine Group, Division of General Internal Medicine University of Colorado F782, 12401 E 17th Avenue, Aurora Denver, CO 80045, USA. christine.jones@ucdenver.edu.
authors.forename: Christine D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.affiliation: The Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA; Department of Health Policy and Management, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA.
authors.forename: George M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Holmes
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Policy and Management, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA.
authors.forename: Sarah E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.affiliation: The Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA.
authors.forename: Kristie W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.affiliation: Division of General Internal Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA.
authors.forename: Samuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cykert
authors.affiliation: The Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA; Division of General Internal Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA.
authors.forename: Darren A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: DeWalt
mesh_terms: D001292:Attitude to Computers; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D057286:Electronic Health Records; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D009657:North Carolina; D058007:Physicians, Primary Care / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires