Open AccessHow are Electronic Health Records Associated with Provider Productivity and Billing in Orthopaedic Surgery?
Author(s) -
Navya Dandu,
Benjamin Zmistowski,
Antonia F. Chen,
Talia Chapman,
Michael Howley
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
clinical orthopaedics and related research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.178
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1528-1132
pISSN - 0009-921X
DOI - 10.1097/corr.0000000000000896
Subject(s) - medicine , current procedural terminology , payment , productivity , specialty , family medicine , medline , government (linguistics) , health information technology , medical record , health care , nursing , business , finance , linguistics , philosophy , radiology , political science , economics , law , macroeconomics , economic growth
Electronic health records (EHRs) have become ubiquitous in orthopaedics. Although they offer certain benefits, they have been cited as a factor that can contribute to provider burnout. Little is known about the degree to which EHR adoption is associated with provider and practice characteristics or outpatient and surgical volume.