patients with fully electronic health records experienced fewer adverse events such as hospital-acquired infections.

eports that a recent study funded by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) “suggests that patients with fully electronic health records experienced fewer adverse events such as hospital-acquired infections.” Researchers wrote that “patients hospitalized for pneumonia and exposed to a fully electronic EHR had 35 percent lower odds of adverse drug events, 34 percent lower odds of hospital-acquired infections, and 25 percent lower odds of general events.” The findings of the study were published in the Journal of Patient Safety. http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/electronic-health-records-trim-odds-hospital-acquired-infections-other-adverse-events-ahrq-says