Clinicians must invest resources when implementing electronic patient records
Nikula, R.E.; Elberg, P.B.; Svedberg, H.B.
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics 68: 824-827
1999
ISSN/ISBN: 0926-9630 PMID: 10725011 Document Number: 507395
Most often the investment in Electronic Patient Records (EPR) is decided upon on the basis of descriptions of all the advantages this new technology will bring. However, most of these advantages from EPR's are only obtainable if the clinicians are motivated to invest their knowledge and resources in this implementation process. This paper proposes a simple method to qualify the decision making process by introducing the "price to pay" concept.