The US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has published a study that suggests that patients in hospitals that have full electronic health record coverage experience fewer adverse events , including hospital - acquired pneumonia , however just 13 % of patients had fully electronic health records over the course of the study . Those that had fully electronic EHRs were at an average of a 20 - 30 % lower risk of an adverse event that those that were treated with analogue health records .
The US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has released a study that suggests that patients in hospitals that have full electronic health record coverage experience fewer adverse events, including hospital-acquired infections, however just 13% of patients had fully electronic health records over the course of the study. Patients that had fully electronic EHRs were at an average of a 13-30% lower risk of an adverse event that those that were treated with analogue health records.