Transitioning to an EHR does not hurt short-term inpatient outcomes, according to a newstudy of several Boston institutions in the BMJ.
The researchers, from Harvard, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and Massachusetts General Hospital hypothesized that a transition to EHRs or from one EHR to a different vendor would have a negative association with short term patient outcomes due to disruptions in clinical workflow.
