Association of EMR Adoption with Minority Health Care Outcome Disparities in US Hospitals

ObjectivesDisparities in healthcare among minority groups can result in disparate treatments for similar severities of symptoms, unequal access to medical care, and a wide deviation in health outcomes. Such racial disparities may be reduced via use of an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system. Howev...

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Main Authors: Jae-Young Choi, Yong-Fang Kuo, James S. Goodwin, Jinhyung Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Korean Society of Medical Informatics 2016-04-01
Series:Healthcare Informatics Research
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Online Access:http://e-hir.org/upload/pdf/hir-22-101.pdf