Synthesis of informatics literature to support institutional policy statement development

• Published in: Journal of the Medical Library Association Vol. 96; no. 1; pp. 3 - 11
• Main Authors: KOONCE, Taneya Y, SATHE, Nila A, GIUSE, Dario A, JIRJIS, Jim
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chicago, IL Medical Library Association 2008; University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
• Subjects: Case Study; Decision-making; Exact sciences and technology; Health care expenditures; Hospitals; Humans; Information and communication sciences; Information science. Documentation; Information Storage and Retrieval - methods; Libraries, Hospital - organization & administration; Library and information science. General aspects; Management; Medical informatics; Medical literature; Medical policy; Medical records; Medical Records Systems, Computerized; Medical Subject Headings; Methods; Organizational Case Studies; Organizational Policy; Physicians; Sciences and techniques of general use; Studies; Use and user studies. Information needs; United States; Case study; Biomedical data processing; Synthesis; Special library; Information retrieval; Electronic information; Result
• ISSN: 1536-5050; 1558-9439
• DOI: 10.3163/1536-5050.96.1.3

Potential drawbacks to EHRs Despite the potential benefits noted in the literature, you also realize from your reading that the effects of EHRs or EHR components such as computerized provider order entry (CPOE) may not be wholly positive For example, Han et al. observed an increase in mortality coincident with the implementation of a CPOE system [40], though study investigators, as well as other researchers in the field, observed that the mortality increase could have been linked to temporal effects, the application platform vs. With the knowledge gained from your investigation, you develop the following key points to address: * describe the overall quality and quantity of the published work on this topic * summarize the key issues reported in the literature regarding patients' access to their EMRs * outline the studies selected for inclusion in the packet and the rationale for selection * detail the contributions that the articles selected as additional references bring to the overall packet * characterize related literature that may interest the committee but is not directly relevant to the question at hand (for example, the older literature you noted about patient access to paper records) Figure 3 provides a representative overall summary of the literature for this packet.