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. 2021 Feb 1;181(2):288-290.
doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.5036.

Electronic Health Record Use by Sex Among Physicians in an Academic Health Care System

Sarah D Tait  1 , Sachiko M Oshima  1 , Yi Ren  2   3 , Alexander E Fenn  1 , Mina Boazak  4 , Eugenia McPeek Hinz  5 , E Shelley Hwang  3   6
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Electronic Health Record Use by Sex Among Physicians in an Academic Health Care System

Sarah D Tait et al. JAMA Intern Med. .

Abstract

This cohort study examines the association of sex with electronic health record use among physicians and patient satisfaction.

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Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.

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