Ambulatory physicians' electronic health record self-efficacy.

JAMIA Open

Department of Pediatrics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.

Published: July 2021

Ambulatory providers were administered an EHR skills self-assessment survey to assess their confidence in learning about and using the electronic health record (EHR). Seventy-one providers participated. Only 35% of respondents felt that they had strong EHR skills, 92% felt confident that they could learn new skills, and 90% felt they could improve with practice. Forty-five percent of faculty physicians felt confident that they could use the EHR in a time-efficient manner and 52% felt could keep up with advances but 16% felt apprehensive about using the EHR. Ninety-four percent of faculty would welcome opportunities to learn more. These results suggest that most providers view using the EHR as a clinical skill they can master with training and practice and that physicians may be engaged by EHR training programs that focus on the use of the EHR as a clinical skill. This work has informed new training programs at our institution.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8423415PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jamiaopen/ooaa071DOI Listing

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