From the American Academy of Family Practice:
Physicians who say they can’t afford to purchase an electronic health record, or EHR, system may want to evaluate new research that suggests physician practices that use EHRs have fewer paid malpractice claims.
The study, Electronic Health Records and Malpractice Claims in Office Practice, was published in the Nov. 24 Archives of Internal Medicine. Researchers looked at 10 years of data on paid malpractice settlements across the state of Massachusetts.
Study results show that of the 1,140 physicians who responded, 33.2 percent use EHRs in their practices. Of these respondents, 6.1 percent had a record of paid malpractice claims compared with 10.8 percent of physicians who did not use an EHR.
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