Paper- and computer-based workarounds to electronic health record use at three benchmark institutions

BACKGROUND: Healthcare professionals develop workarounds rather than using electronic health record (EHR) systems. Understanding the reasons for workarounds is important to facilitate user-centered design and alignment between work context and available health information technology tools. OBJECTIVE: To examine both paper- and computer-based workarounds to the use of EHR systems in three benchmark institutions. METHODS: Qualitative data were collected [...]
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