Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 205, Issue 1 , Pages 89-96 , July 2007

A Pilot Study to Document the Return on Investment for Implementing an Ambulatory Electronic Health Record at an Academic Medical Center

  • Dara L. Grieger, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence address: Dara L Grieger, MD, Department of Surgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Ave, Box SURG, Rochester, NY 14642.
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  • Stephen H. Cohen, MD, CPE

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY.
    • ,
  • David A. Krusch, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY

Received 28 March 2006 ,Revised 12 February 2007 ,Accepted 28 February 2007.

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 Competing Interests Declared: None.

PII: S1072-7515(07)00390-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.02.074

Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 205, Issue 1 , Pages 89-96 , July 2007

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