Randall Stafford
Publication Details
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Electronic health records and clinical decision support systems: impact on national ambulatory care quality.
Arch Intern Med. 2011; (10): 897-903
Electronic health records (EHRs) are increasingly used by US outpatient physicians. They could improve clinical care via clinical decision support (CDS) and electronic guideline-based reminders and alerts. Using nationally representative data, we tested the hypothesis that a higher quality of care would be associated with EHRs and CDS.
