The Electronic Health Record and the Clinical Examination

Helene F. Hedian; Jeremy A. Greene; Timothy M. Niessen

doi:10.1016/j.mcna.2017.12.009

The Electronic Health Record and the Clinical Examination

Helene F. Hedian, Jeremy A. Greene, Timothy M. Niessen

School of Medicine

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Abstract

This review examines how the adoption of the electronic health record (EHR) has changed the most fundamental unit of medicine: the clinical examination. The impact of the EHR on the clinical history, physical examination, documentation, and the doctor-patient relationship is described. The EHR now has a dominant role in clinical care and will be a central factor in clinical work of the future. Conversation needs to be shifted toward defining best practices with current EHRs inside and outside of the examination room.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	475-483
Number of pages	9
Journal	Medical Clinics of North America
Volume	102
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mcna.2017.12.009
State	Published - May 1 2018

Keywords

Clinical examination
Doctor-patient relationship
EHR
Electronic health record
History
Physical examination

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Medicine

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