AIMS:The lived experiences of rural primary care physicians (PCPs) and physician assistants on barriers to implementing EHRs at rural primary care clinics were the subjectof the study. Particularly,...

AIMS:The lived experiences of rural primary care physicians (PCPs) and physician assistants on barriers to implementing EHRs at rural primary care clinics were the subjectof the study. Particularly, the rural PCPs and physician assistants’ knowledge about:

(a)overcoming barriers to implementing and dissemination of EHR technology.
(b) EHR decision-making at rural primary care clinics.
(c) project planning and policy changes.
(d) relationship management of the stakeholders (Deutsch et al., 2010).

I used a qualitative, phenomenological method and design to explore rural primary care clinics that implemented EHR systems
Research Question: The overarching research question for this study was as follows:
What are the rural primary care physicians and physician assistants’ lived experiences and perceptions of complex adaptive systems as they pertain to overcoming barriers to implementing electronic health records?