Physicians who have electronic health record systems but dictate patient notes give a lower quality of care than do doctors who use structured documentation, says a study published online May 19 in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.
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Quality of care was significantly better on three measures for doctors who took structured notes compared with physicians who used the other two styles, the study said.
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Researchers found that quality of care was significantly worse on three outcome measures for doctors who dictated their notes compared with physicians who used the other two documentation styles.