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Volume 114, Issue 5 , Pages 397-403 , 1 April 2003

A cost-benefit analysis of electronic medical records in primary care

Samuel J. Wang, MD, PhD
- Department of Information Systems (SJW, BM, CDS, PJC, AFK, GJK, DWB), Partners HealthCare System, Boston, MassachusettsUSA
- Requests for reprints should be addressed to Samuel J. Wang, MD, PhD, Partners HealthCare System, 93 Worcester Street, Wellesley, Massachusetts 02481, USA
Blackford Middleton, MD, MPH, MSc
- Department of Information Systems (SJW, BM, CDS, PJC, AFK, GJK, DWB), Partners HealthCare System, Boston, MassachusettsUSA
- Division of General Medicine and Primary Care (BM, CGB, RCG, DGF, AJS, GJK, DWB), Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MassachusettsUSA
Lisa A. Prosser, PhD
- Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention (LAP), Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, MassachusettsUSA
Christiana G. Bardon, MD
- Division of General Medicine and Primary Care (BM, CGB, RCG, DGF, AJS, GJK, DWB), Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MassachusettsUSA
Cynthia D. Spurr, RN, MBA
- Department of Information Systems (SJW, BM, CDS, PJC, AFK, GJK, DWB), Partners HealthCare System, Boston, MassachusettsUSA
Patricia J. Carchidi, RN, MSN
- Department of Information Systems (SJW, BM, CDS, PJC, AFK, GJK, DWB), Partners HealthCare System, Boston, MassachusettsUSA
Anne F. Kittler
- Department of Information Systems (SJW, BM, CDS, PJC, AFK, GJK, DWB), Partners HealthCare System, Boston, MassachusettsUSA
Robert C. Goldszer, MD, MBA
- Division of General Medicine and Primary Care (BM, CGB, RCG, DGF, AJS, GJK, DWB), Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MassachusettsUSA
David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH
- Division of General Medicine and Primary Care (BM, CGB, RCG, DGF, AJS, GJK, DWB), Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MassachusettsUSA
Andrew J. Sussman, MD, MBA
- Division of General Medicine and Primary Care (BM, CGB, RCG, DGF, AJS, GJK, DWB), Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MassachusettsUSA
Gilad J. Kuperman, MD, PhD
- Department of Information Systems (SJW, BM, CDS, PJC, AFK, GJK, DWB), Partners HealthCare System, Boston, MassachusettsUSA
- Division of General Medicine and Primary Care (BM, CGB, RCG, DGF, AJS, GJK, DWB), Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MassachusettsUSA
David W. Bates, MD, MSc
- Department of Information Systems (SJW, BM, CDS, PJC, AFK, GJK, DWB), Partners HealthCare System, Boston, MassachusettsUSA
- Division of General Medicine and Primary Care (BM, CGB, RCG, DGF, AJS, GJK, DWB), Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MassachusettsUSA

Received 13 May 2002 ,Revised 26 November 2002 ,Accepted 3 December 2002.

Tornado diagram showing the one-way sensitivity analysis of net 5-year benefits per provider. Each bar depicts the overall effect on net benefits as that input is varied across the indicated range of

Tornado diagram showing the one-way sensitivity analysis of net 5-year benefits per provider. Each bar depicts the overall effect on net benefits as that input is varied across the indicated range of values, while other input variables are held constant. The vertical line indicates the base case.
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