BMJ : British medical journal
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Multicenter Study Observational Study
Adverse inpatient outcomes during the transition to a new electronic health record system: observational study.
To assess the short term association of inpatient implementation of electronic health records (EHRs) with patient outcomes of mortality, readmissions, and adverse safety events. ⋯ Despite concerns that implementation of EHRs might adversely impact patient care during the acute transition period, we found no overall negative association of such implementation on short term inpatient mortality, adverse safety events, or readmissions in the Medicare population across 17 US hospitals.