Teresa Taft
University of Utah
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Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association | 2014
Teresa Taft; Leslie Lenert; Farrant Sakaguchi; Gregory J. Stoddard; Caroline K. Milne
Background The effects of electronic health records (EHRs) on doctor–patient communication are unclear. Objective To evaluate the effects of EHR use compared with paper chart use, on novice physicians’ communication skills. Design Within-subjects randomized controlled trial using observed structured clinical examination methods to assess the impact of use of an EHR on communication. Setting A large academic internal medicine training program. Population First-year internal medicine residents. Intervention Residents interviewed, diagnosed, and initiated treatment of simulated patients using a paper chart or an EHR on a laptop computer. Video recordings of interviews were rated by three trained observers using the Four Habits scale. Results Thirty-two residents completed the study and had data available for review (61.5% of those enrolled in the residency program). In most skill areas in the Four Habits model, residents performed at least as well using the EHR and were statistically better in six of 23 skills areas (p<0.05). The overall average communication score was better when using an EHR: mean difference 0.254 (95% CI 0.05 to 0.45), p = 0.012, Cohens d of 0.47 (a moderate effect). Residents scoring poorly (>3 average score) with paper methods (n = 8) had clinically important improvement when using the EHR. Limitations This study was conducted in first-year residents in a training environment using simulated patients at a single institution. Conclusions Use of an EHR on a laptop computer appears to improve the ability of first-year residents to communicate with patients relative to using a paper chart.
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association | 2015
Leslie Lenert; Teresa Taft
If biomedical informatics is a science , we believe it best prospers by the careful application of the scientific method to testable hypotheses. From time to time this may require the use of simplified models to prove cause and effect or the lack thereof. Our experiment applied a controlled model of a clinical encounter and focused on the question of whether the use of an electronic health records system (EHR) on a computer is the cause of decrements in communications. As appropriate for a controlled experiment, cognitive load, except …
american medical informatics association annual symposium | 2016
Teresa Taft; Catherine Staas; Stacey Slager; Charlene R. Weir
american medical informatics association annual symposium | 2016
Prasad Unni; Catherine J. Staes; Howard Weeks; Heidi Kramer; Damion Borbolla; Stacey Slager; Teresa Taft; Valliammai Chidambaram; Charlene R. Weir
AMIA | 2016
Prasad Unni; Catherine J. Staes; Howard Weeks; Heidi Kramer; Damian Borbolla; Stacey Slager; Teresa Taft; Valliammai Chidambaram; Charlene R. Weir
AMIA | 2017
Teresa Taft; Stacey Slager; Scott D. Nelson; Charlene R. Weir
AMIA | 2017
Stacey Slager; Teresa Taft; Daniel T. Nystrom; Bryan Smith Gibson; Charlene R. Weir
AMIA | 2017
Charlene R. Weir; Catherine Staas; Stacey Slager; Teresa Taft; Valliammai Chidambaram; Heidi Kramer; Bruce E. Bray
american medical informatics association annual symposium | 2016
Charlene R. Weir; Bryan Gibson; Teresa Taft; Stacey Slager; Lacey Lewis; Nancy Staggers
AMIA | 2016
Stacey Slager; Bryan Smith Gibson; Teresa Taft; Nancy Staggers; Lacey Lewis; Charlene R. Weir