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Do minority-serving physicians have comparable rates of use of electronic health records?
Ashish K Jha1, David W Bates, Chelsea A Jenter
1Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Abstract:
Given concerns that efforts to improve quality using tools such as electronic health records (EHR) could increase the digital divide among racial groups, we sought to determine whether minority-serving physicians in Massachusetts use EHR at the same rate as non-minority serving physicians. We found that physicians who cared for large minority populations had comparable rates of EHR use, identified similar barriers and reported similar benefits.
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