electronic health record

Outcome measures for electronic health records

The following are outcome measures that could be utilized in measuring the efficiency of the implementation of electronic health records

1 . Office visits in primary and specialty care

The aim of electronic health records is to minimize manual transfer of patient data . ADDIN EN .CITE SmithSmith , C A .Haque , S N .University of Wisconsin-Madison , 600 N . Park Street , Madison , WI 53706 USA . versus electronic documentation in complex chronic illness : A comparisonAMIA Annu Symp ProcAMIA Annu Symp Proc38438http /www .ncbi .nlm

.nih .gov /entrez /query .fcgi ?cmd Retrieve db PubM ed dopt Citation list_uids (Smith Haque 2006 ) Office visits as an outcome measure can be used to exhibit the impact of electronic transfer on the need of the patient to personally interact with the physician . ADDIN EN .CITE GyselsGysels M .Richardson , A .Higginson , I J .Senior Research Fellow , Department of Palliative Care , Policy and Rehabilitation , School of Medicine at Guy apos s , King apos s College and St Thomas apos Hospitals , King apos s College London , London UK .Does the patient-held record improve continuity and related outcomes in cancer care : a systematic reviewHealth ExpectHealth ExpectMarhttp /www .ncbi .nlm .nih .gov /entrez /query .fcgi ?cmd Retrieve d b PubMed dopt Citation list_uids (Gysels Richardson Higginson , 2007 ) To evaluate this , to be examined . ADDIN EN .CITE Duffy SQDuffy SQ DE Farley Patterns of decline among inpatient proceduresPublic Health RepPublic Health Rep5 (Duffy SQ Farley , 1995 ) Data for this is available at regional data warehouses . Secondary data sets would be in regard to telephone calls , use of emergency departments and other services Results of the method would then be compared against existing records which pre-date the implementation of electronic health records ADDIN EN .CITE GarridoTerhilda Garrido Laura Jamieson , Yvonne Zhou

Effect of electronic health records in ambulatory care : retrospective , serial cross sectional study br Webster Street , Oakland , CAKaiser Permanentehttp /www .bmj .com /cgi /co ntent /full /330 /7491 /581 (Garrido , Laura Jamieson Yvonne Zhou , 2005

2 . Availability of data to physicians

The availability of patient records to physicians via electronic health records is an oft touted advantage of the electronic health records system . ADDIN EN .CITE JenterJenter C .Brigham Women apos s Hospital , 93 Worcester Street , 2nd Floor , Wellesley , MA 2481 , USA .Electronic health records : which practices have them and how are clinicians using them ?AMIA Annu Symp ProcAMIA Annu Symp Proc38716http /www .ncbi .nlm .nih .gov /entrez /query .fcgi ?cmd Retrieve db PubMe d dopt Citation list_uids (Jenter , 2006 The advent of technology would , in the ideal facilitate the transfer of information between institutions and persons accurately and definitely ADDIN EN .CITE KimKim E .Mayani , A .Modi S .Kim , Y .Soh C .Department of Bioengineering , University of Washington , Seattle , WA 98195 USA .Evaluation of patient-centered electronic health record to overcome digital divideConf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol SocConf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc282251 http /www .ncbi .nlm .nih .gov /entrez /query .fcgi ?cmd Ret rieve db PubMed dopt Citation list_uids (Kim , Mayani Modi , Kim Soh , 2005...