Shira H. Fischer, MD, PhD

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January 15th 2020

Health Information Technology for Ambulatory Care in Health Systems

Yunfeng Shi, PhD Alejandro Amill-Rosario, MPH Robert S. Rudin, PhD Shira H. Fischer, MD, PhD Paul Shekelle, MD Dennis Scanlon, PhD Cheryl L. Damberg, PhD

Health systems are important in driving electronic health record adoption in ambulatory clinics, although the uptake of key functionalities varies across systems.

December 24th 2019

Trends in the Use of Clinical Decision Support by Health System–Affiliated Ambulatory Clinics in the United States, 2014-2016

Robert S. Rudin, PhD Shira H. Fischer, MD, PhD Yunfeng Shi, PhD Paul Shekelle, MD Alejandro Amill-Rosario, MPH M. Susan Ridgely, JD Dennis P. Scanlon, PhD Cheryl L. Damberg, PhD

Use of clinical decision support (CDS) in ambulatory clinics is increasing but remains modest. The CDS function with the greatest use is basic medication screening, which increased from 52% of clinics nationally in 2014 to 61% in 2016.