Helwig and Lomotan said that health IT has shown patient safety gains, but research to prove it has often looked at just one healthcare provider at a time. " 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 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 .