Electronic Health Records: Eliciting Behavioral Health Providers’ Beliefs [Brief Reports]
نویسندگان
چکیده
Interviews with 32 community behavioral health providers elicited perceived benefits and barriers of using electronic health records. Themes identified were (a) quality of care, (b) privacy and security, and (c) delivery of services. Benefits to quality of care were mentioned by 100% of the providers, and barriers by 59% of providers. Barriers involving privacy and security concerns were mentioned by 100% of providers, and benefits by 22%. Barriers to delivery of services were mentioned by 97% of providers, and benefits by 66%. Most providers (81%) expressed overall positive support for electronic behavioral health records.
منابع مشابه
Electronic Health Records: Eliciting Behavioral Health Providersâ•Ž Beliefs [Brief Reports]
Interviews with 32 community behavioral health providers elicited perceived benefits and barriers of using electronic health records. Themes identified were (a) quality of care, (b) privacy and security, and (c) delivery of services. Benefits to quality of care were mentioned by 100% of the providers, and barriers by 59% of providers. Barriers involving privacy and security concerns were mentio...
متن کاملOne-stop shopping: efforts to integrate physical and behavioral health care in five California community health centers.
More than 70 percent of behavioral health conditions are first diagnosed in the primary care setting. Yet physical and behavioral health care are typically provided separately, compelling many vulnerable patients to navigate the complexities of two separate systems of care. This policy brief examines five community health centers (CHCs) in California that have taken preliminary steps toward cre...
متن کاملElectronic health records adoption: rural providers' decision-making process.
The purpose of this study was to examine the decision-making process that small rural physician clinics and hospitals use as they investigate and select an electronic health record (EHR) system and to understand the rationale for their decision. This research will help policy makers identify the challenges that rural health care providers may face in the process of adopting EHRs and develop inc...
متن کاملElectronic medical record adoption and use in home health and hospice.
In 2007, about 5,900 of the 14,500 providers of home health or hospice care (41%) had electronic medical records (EMRs), and an additional 2,200 (15%) planned to have EMRs within the next year. Providers who offered both hospice and home health care were more likely to have EMRs than providers offering only home health care, but did not differ from providers of hospice care only. Among provider...
متن کاملUse of electronic health records in residential care communities.
KEY FINDINGS In 2010, only 17% of residential care communities in the United States used electronic health records. Residential care communities that used electronic health records were more likely to be larger, not-for-profit, chain-affiliated, colocated with another care setting, and in a nonmetropolitan statistical area. The types of information most commonly tracked electronically by reside...
متن کامل