Medical Specialists' Perspectives on the Influence of Electronic Medical Record Use on the Quality of Hospital Care: Semistructured Interview Study.

Background: Numerous publications show that electronic medical records (EMRs) may make an important contribution to increasing the quality of care. There are indications that particularly the medical specialist plays an important role in the use of EMRs in hospitals.

Objective: The aim of this study was to examine how, and by which aspects, the relationship between EMR use and the quality of care in hospitals is influenced according to medical specialists.

Level of Digitization in Dutch Hospitals and the Lengths of Stay of Patients with Colorectal Cancer.

A substantial amount of research has been published on the association between the use of electronic medical records (EMRs) and quality outcomes in U.S. hospitals, while limited research has focused on the Western European experience.

The Association between eHealth Capabilities and the Quality and Safety of Health Care in the Netherlands: Comparison of HIMSS Analytics EMRAM data with Elsevier's 'The Best Hospitals' data.

Objective: To test the hypothesis that advanced electronic medical record (EMR) capabilities are associated with better quality and safety of hospital care.

Methods And Findings: We used data from the HIMSS Analytics EMR Adoption Model (EMRAM(SM)) to measure the adoption and use of information technology in Dutch hospitals. To measure the quality and safety of healthcare in Dutch Hospitals we used select data from the publicly available basic set and the safety set of the Health Care Inspectorate (IGZ) and the Dutch Health Care Transparency Program 'Zichtbare Zorg' (ZIZO) program.