AHRQ March, 2015
Revitalizing the primary care system in the United States is critically important to achieving high quality, accessible, and efficient health care for all Americans. The effective use of health information technology (IT) by primary care practices to facilitate quality improvement (QI) can help practices improve their ability to deliver high quality care and improve patient outcomes.
Health IT is currently underused for supporting QI in primary care practices, despite its potential to improve care. To promote greater use of health IT for QI, we interviewed key staff members of two exemplary practices and a health information network and gathered insights and recommendations from published reports and eight nationally recognized experts in health IT development, adoption, and use; clinical practice; QI;...
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