TY - JOUR
T1 - Health information technology needs help from primary care researchers
AU - NAPCRG Health Information Technology Working Group
AU - Krist, Alex H.
AU - Green, Lee A.
AU - Phillips, Robert L.
AU - Beasley, John W.
AU - DeVoe, Jennifer E.
AU - Klinkman, Michael S.
AU - Hughes, John
AU - Puro, Jon
AU - Fox, Chester H.
AU - Burdick, Tim
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, American Board of Family Medicine. All rights reserved.
PY - 2015/5/1
Y1 - 2015/5/1
N2 - While health information technology (HIT) efforts are beginning to yield measurable clinical benefits, more is needed to meet the needs of patients and clinicians. Primary care researchers are uniquely positioned to inform the evidence-based design and use of technology. Research strategies to ensure success include engaging patient and clinician stakeholders, working with existing practice-based research networks, and using established methods from other fields such as human factors engineering and implementation science. Policies are needed to help support primary care researchers in evaluating and implementing HIT into everyday practice, including expanded research funding, strengthened partnerships with vendors, open access to information systems, and support for the Primary Care Extension Program. Through these efforts, the goal of improved outcomes through HIT can be achieved.
AB - While health information technology (HIT) efforts are beginning to yield measurable clinical benefits, more is needed to meet the needs of patients and clinicians. Primary care researchers are uniquely positioned to inform the evidence-based design and use of technology. Research strategies to ensure success include engaging patient and clinician stakeholders, working with existing practice-based research networks, and using established methods from other fields such as human factors engineering and implementation science. Policies are needed to help support primary care researchers in evaluating and implementing HIT into everyday practice, including expanded research funding, strengthened partnerships with vendors, open access to information systems, and support for the Primary Care Extension Program. Through these efforts, the goal of improved outcomes through HIT can be achieved.
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U2 - 10.3122/jabfm.2015.03.140246
DO - 10.3122/jabfm.2015.03.140246
M3 - Comment/debate
C2 - 25957361
AN - SCOPUS:84929323395
SN - 1557-2625
VL - 28
SP - 306
EP - 310
JO - Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
JF - Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
IS - 3
ER -