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Arild Faxvaag1, Trond S Johansen, Vigdis Heimly
1Norwegian EHR Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway. arild.faxvaag@ntnu.no
Abstract:
Access control mechanisms might influence on the information seeking and documentation behavior of clinicians. In this study, we have surveyed healthcare professionals in nursing homes and hospitals on their attitudes to, and experiences with using access control mechanisms. In some situations, the access control mechanisms of the EHR system made clinicians postpone documentation work. Their practice of reading what others have documented was also influenced. Not all clinicians logged out of the system when they left a workstation, and some clinicians reported to do some of their documentation work in the name of others. The reported practices might have implications for the safety of the patient.
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