Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library Blog

The importance of Electronic Health Records (EHRs) to the health care field is evident. But keeping on top of the current research can be a difficult task. There are so many variant keywords one can use to search – EHR, EMR, electronic data, etc.

PubMed recently expanded its Special Queries feature to include a search for articles on the Electronic Health Record. The Electronic Health Record search focuses on all aspects of the Electronic Health Record. Subjects include: implementation, attitudes, beliefs and use, data privacy, health data standards and consumer access to the EHR and personal health records (PHRs).
To access this feature, follow these steps:

• Access PubMed at UCLA through the Biomedical Library homepage and click on PubMed at UCLA. Following the PubMed at UCLA link will enable your access to full-text articles through the UC-eLinks button.
• On the PubMed website, click Special Queries under the heading PubMed Services the left, blue navigation bar.
• Under “Queries Targeted for Clinicians and Health Services Researchers” click Electronic Health Records which will lead you to a page describing the search query.
• Under MEDLINE/PubMed Search, click electronic health record search in PubMed to perform a concentrated search for articles dealing specifically with electronic health records.

Use this resource to stay up-to-date on EHRs, learn what is being done in the field, and for current, relevant literature that can be incorporated into future practice.

<submitted by Susan Camina>

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