Physician Perceptions and Beliefs about Generating and Providing a Clinical Summary of the Office Visit

S. Emani; D.Y. Ting; M. Healey; S.R. Lipsitz; H. Ramelson; V. Suric; D.W. Bates

doi:10.4338/ACI-2015-04-RA-0043

Applied Clinical Informatics, Table of Contents

Appl Clin Inform 2015; 06(03): 577-590
DOI: 10.4338/ACI-2015-04-RA-0043

Research Article

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Physician Perceptions and Beliefs about Generating and Providing a Clinical Summary of the Office Visit

Authors

S. Emani

¹Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
D.Y. Ting

²Massachusetts General Physicians Organization, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston,MA, United States
M. Healey

¹Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States

³Brigham and Women’s Physician Organization, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
S.R. Lipsitz

¹Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
H. Ramelson

⁴Information Services, Partners HealthCare, Boston, MA, United States
V. Suric

¹Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
D.W. Bates

¹Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States

⁵Department of Healthcare Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States

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Keywords

Electronic health records - meaningful use - after visit summary - physicians - beliefs - evaluation

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