PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Alex H. Krist
AU  - Lee A. Green
AU  - Robert L. Phillips
AU  - John W. Beasley
AU  - Jennifer E. DeVoe
AU  - Michael S. Klinkman
AU  - John Hughes
AU  - Jon Puro
AU  - Chester H. Fox
AU  - Tim Burdick
TI  - Health Information Technology Needs Help from Primary Care Researchers
AID  - 10.3122/jabfm.2015.03.140246
DP  - 2015 May 01
TA  - The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Medicine
PG  - 306--310
VI  - 28
IP  - 3
4099  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/28/3/306.short
4100  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/28/3/306.full
SO  - J Am Board Fam Med2015 May 01; 28
AB  - While health information technology (HIT) efforts are beginning to yield measurable clinical benefits, more is needed to meet the needs of patients and clinicians. Primary care researchers are uniquely positioned to inform the evidence-based design and use of technology. Research strategies to ensure success include engaging patient and clinician stakeholders, working with existing practice-based research networks, and using established methods from other fields such as human factors engineering and implementation science. Policies are needed to help support primary care researchers in evaluating and implementing HIT into everyday practice, including expanded research funding, strengthened partnerships with vendors, open access to information systems, and support for the Primary Care Extension Program. Through these efforts, the goal of improved outcomes through HIT can be achieved.