Abstract
Ambulatory care is assuming an increasing role in health-care delivery. Yet, most health-care information systems were developed for the acute-care setting. To address the needs of ambulatory care, developers need a comprehensive understanding of the information-related activities of clinicians in heterogeneous outpatient practices. We studied the information activities of clinicians in seven diverse (primary-care, specialty-care, faculty, and independent private practices) ambulatory care sites. The results of our study allow us to characterize clinicians' information-related activities, their perceived information needs, and their satisfaction with computer resources. Developers of health-care information systems can use the results to design applications for clinicians in ambulatory care.
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