Published on in Vol 3 , No 3 (2015) :Jul-Sep

Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Records: Experiences From the Field and Future Opportunities

Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Records: Experiences From the Field and Future Opportunities

Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Records: Experiences From the Field and Future Opportunities

Sarah Patricia Slight   1, 2 , MPharm,PhD,PGDip ;   Eta S Berner   3 , EdD ;   William Galanter   4 , MS,MD,PhD ;   Stanley Huff   5, 6 , MD ;   Bruce L Lambert   7 , PhD ;   Carole Lannon   8, 9 , MD,MPH ;   Christoph U Lehmann   10 , MD,FAAP,FACMI ;   Brian J McCourt   11 , BA ;   Michael McNamara   12 , MD ;   Nir Menachemi   13 , MPH,PhD ;   Thomas H Payne   14 , MD ;   S Andrew Spooner   15 , MD,MS,FAAP ;   Gordon D Schiff   2, 16 , MD ;   Tracy Y Wang   11 , MD,MHS,MSc ;   Ayse Akincigil   17 , PhD ;   Stephen Crystal   17 , PhD ;   Stephen P Fortmann   18 , MD ;   David W Bates   2, 16 , MD, MSc

1 Division of Pharmacy, School of Medicine Pharmacy and Health, Durham University, Durham, GB

2 The Centre for Patient Safety Research and Practice, Division of General Internal Medicine, Brigham and Womens Hospital, Boston, MA, US

3 Center for Health Informatics for Patient Safety/Quality, Department of Health Services Administration, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, US

4 University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, US

5 Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, US

6 Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT, US

7 Center for Communication and Health, Department of Communication Studies, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, US

8 Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, US

9 James M Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence, Cincinnati Children\'s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, US

10 Pediatrics and Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, US

11 Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, US

12 Departments of Pediatrics and Medical Informatics (DMI), Northwest Permanente, Portland, OR, US

13 Richard M Fairbanks School of Public Health, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, US

14 Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, US

15 Division of Biomedical Informatics, Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, US

16 Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, US

17 Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, US

18 Center for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Northwest, Portland, OR, US

Corresponding Author:

  • David W Bates, MD, MSc
  • The Centre for Patient Safety Research and Practice
  • Division of General Internal Medicine
  • Brigham and Womens Hospital
  • 1620 Tremont Street
  • Boston, MA, MA 02120-1613
  • US
  • Phone: 1 617 732 5650
  • Fax: 1 617 732 7072
  • Email: dbates@partners.org