Background Enormous amounts of data are recorded routinely in health care as part of the
care process, primarily for managing individual patient care. There are significant …

The US health system has recently achieved widespread adoption of electronic health
record (EHR) systems, primarily driven by financial incentives provided by the Meaningful …

Background The development and implementation of electronic health records (EHRs)
remains an international challenge. Better understanding of patient and public attitudes and …

One aspect of electronic care records which has received little attention is the potential
benefit to clinical research. Electronic records could facilitate new interfaces between care …

Background Although many surveys have been conducted on patients accessing their own
health records in recent years, there is a limited amount of nationwide cross-country data …

Background Internationally, there is a movement toward providing patients a Web-based
access to their electronic health records (EHRs). In Sweden, Region Uppsala was the first to …

Background: Electronic records could improve quality and efficiency of health care. National
and international bodies propagate this belief worldwide. However, the evidence base …

Electronic health records (EHRs) have emerged among health information technology as
“meaningful use” to improve the quality and efficiency of healthcare, and health disparities in …

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of a program of repeated
assessments, feedback, and training on the quality of coded clinical data in general practice …

Background Patient accessible electronic health records (PAEHRs) enable patients to
access and manage personal clinical information that is made available to them by their …