Electronic health record (EHR) systems need refinements in several areas to support quality improvement initiatives in primary care practices, according to a new AHRQ-funded study in Health Affairs. The authors represented several grantees of AHRQ’s EvidenceNOW initiative, a project developed to help primary care practices improve the delivery of services proven to prevent heart attacks and strokes. Authors studied nearly 1,500 small and medium-sized primary care practices between May 2015 and April 2017. They found that EHR reports were often not customizable for appropriate time periods, were restricted to specific patient populations (e.g., Medicare or Medicaid) or required extra fees by the vendor to create the necessary functionality.
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- Primary Care Practices’ Abilities And Challenges In Using Electronic Health Record Data For Quality Improvement. Health Affairs. April 2018