Rapid implementation of inpatient electronic physician documentation at an academic hospital.
Electronic physician documentation is an essential element of a complete electronic medical record (EMR). At Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, a teaching hospital affiliated with Stanford University, we implemented an inpatient electronic documentation system for physicians over a 12-month period. Using an EMR-based free-text editor coupled with automated import of system data elements, we were able to achieve voluntary, widespread adoption of the electronic documentation process. When given the choice between [...]
Author(s): Hahn, J S, Bernstein, J A, McKenzie, R B, King, B J, Longhurst, C A
DOI: 10.4338/ACI-2012-02-CR-0003