Table 3.
Themes and subthemes describing how use of EMR improved the quality of personal cognitive performance
| % Mentioning theme | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Both hospitals | Hospital 1 | Hospital 2 | |
| IMPROVED QUALITY OF PERSONAL COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE | |||
| Improved situation awareness and ability to stay informed | 50% | 27% | 78% |
| More aware of patient condition/needs due to real time viewing of images of X-rays, CT scans, and other results | |||
| Better informed/aware when arriving at hospital | |||
| Better informed/aware of inpatient visit when in clinic | |||
| Improved general awareness of day's workload | |||
| Better informed which rooms patients are in | |||
| Better informed of who are partners' patients | |||
| Less confusion over the meaning of notes due to increased legibility | |||
| Improved communication | 25% | 9% | 44% |
| Improved communication with colleagues | |||
| Improved communication with patients | |||
| Improved ability to follow trends and status changes | 20% | 18% | 22% |
| Improved ordering process | 15% | 0% | 33% |
| More accurate orders | |||
| Order sets improve ordering | |||
| Improved decision making | 15% | 18% | 11% |
| Improved ability to see colleagues' thought process | 10% | 9% | 11% |
| Improved learning by tracking outcomes and errors | 5% | 0% | 11% |
| Improved flexibility in timing of documentation | 5% | 0% | 11% |
| System forces behaviors that improve performance | 5% | 0% | 11% |