This study sought to determine the impact that an electronic medical record (EMR) had on the provision of preventive health measures - including obtaining serologies for viral hepatitis and administering vaccinations to non-immune patients - to HIV patients at a hospital-based clinic.Using a pre-post study design, we compared rates of preventive health delivery to HIV patients at an outpatient clinic during the use of a paper medical record (PMR) and after implementation of an EMR. Retrospective chart reviews were conducted at two time points: 12-16 months prior to and 24 months following EMR implementation. The records of 160 active patients were randomly selected for review during both time periods.There was no difference between the PMR and EMR samples with regard to the proportion of patients who had hepatitis A (83

作者：Andrew E, Petroll；Jenise K, Phelps；Kathlyn E, Fletcher

来源：International journal of medical informatics 2014 年 83卷 4期