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. 2020 Feb 17;20(1):32.
doi: 10.1186/s12911-020-1048-9.

Rethinking the electronic health record through the quadruple aim: time to align its value with the health system

Hassane Alami  1   2   3 , Pascale Lehoux  4   5 , Marie-Pierre Gagnon  6   7 , Jean-Paul Fortin  6   8 , Richard Fleet  6   9   10 , Mohamed Ali Ag Ahmed  11
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Rethinking the electronic health record through the quadruple aim: time to align its value with the health system

Hassane Alami et al. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. .

Abstract

Electronic health records (EHRs) are considered as a powerful lever for enabling value-based health systems. However, many challenges to their use persist and some of their unintended negative impacts are increasingly well documented, including the deterioration of work conditions and quality, and increased dissatisfaction of health care providers. The "quadruple aim" consists of improving population health as well as patient and provider experience while reducing costs. Based on this approach, improving the quality of work and well-being of health care providers could help rethinking the implementation of EHRs and also other information technology-based tools and systems, while creating more value for patients, organizations and health systems.

Keywords: Burden; Clinic; Electronic health records; Health care delivery; Health system; Quadruple aim; Value.

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The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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