Physician data entry: providing options is essential

Health Data Manag. 1998 Sep;6(9):84-6, 88, 90-2.

Abstract

Getting doctors to enter data into computer-based patient records systems is a challenge. Many physicians are resisting using any of the available options, choosing instead to stick with dictating their notes for later transcription. To build support among physicians for electronic records, many health care organizations are placing a premium on identifying the easiest and most efficient data entry methods.

MeSH terms

  • Attitude of Health Personnel*
  • Attitude to Computers
  • Documentation
  • Electronic Data Processing / methods*
  • Humans
  • Medical Records Systems, Computerized*
  • Microcomputers
  • Physicians*
  • United States
  • Word Processing