The Effect of Adoption of an Electronic Health Record on Duplicate Testing

Background. The electronic health record (EHR) has been promoted as a tool to improve quality of patient care, reduce costs, and improve efficiency. There is little data to confirm that the use of EHR has reduced duplicate testing. We sought to evaluate the rate of performance of repeat transthoraci...

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Main Authors: Todd C. Kerwin, Harmony Leighton, Kunal Buch, Azriel Avezbadalov, Hormoz Kianfar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2016-01-01
Series:Cardiology Research and Practice
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1950191