Purpose: Practice-based research networks (PBRNs) have developed dynamically across
the world, paralleling the emergence of the primary care discipline. While this review …

Federal value-based payment programs require primary care practices to conduct quality
improvement activities, informed by the electronic reports on clinical quality measures that …

Purpose: Practice facilitators (“facilitators”) can play an important role in supporting primary
care practices in performing quality improvement (QI), but they need complete and accurate …

Background: Despite the significant benefits of digital health technologies (IT), the adoption
of electronic medical records (EMR) in a health care setting is lagging behind in developing …

195 to understand why decisions are made. Policy makers have even suggested that
artificial intelligence systems need to provide explanations for their decisions before being …

This special issue explores a range of health information technology (HIT) issues that can
help primary care practices and patients. Findings address the design of HIT systems …

Background: Strategies to engage patients to improve and enhance research and clinical
care are increasingly being implemented in the United States, yet little is known about best …

Purpose Health is at the center of society concerns, being characterized by the dilemma of
contributing to the population well-being, while demanding high financial investments at the …

BACKGROUND: Health information technology (HIT) is being increasingly necessary to
manage the ever-increasing amount of data generate by the health system in general …

Research funding can have enormous positive impact on nursing informatics research in
general and on information and communication technology integration into nursing …