Researchers analyzed more than 45,000 patient discharges from 2012 to 2013 for patients hospitalized with either acute cardiovascular disease, pneumonia or conditions requiring surgery.
Researchers looked at the occurrence of adverse events, including hospital-acquired infections, adverse drug events, general events and postprocedural events.
They found patients whose care was logged with a full EHR had anywhere from 17 percent to 30 percent fewer odds of an adverse event than patients whose hospitals did not use a full EHR.
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