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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/enhancing-complex-care-through-integrated-care-coordination-information-system/annual-summary/2010
January 01, 2010 - understand if ICCIS can be implemented among diverse clinics using certified electronic health records (EHRs … A protocol was developed for how and where to extract the data from the EHRs into ICCIS for quality-measure
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/improving-communications-between-health-care-providers-statewide-infrastructure/annual-summary/2011
January 01, 2011 - Many providers have already interfaced their EHRs with hospitals and laboratories, or are in the process … UHIN used a portion of the project funding to launch a successful grant program for connecting EHRs to
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/improving-rural-healthcare-transitions-through-health-information-exchange
January 01, 2023 - worked to automate the distribution of patient information from participants' electronic health records (EHRs … ) to KeyHIE and from KeyHIE to the EHRs of other care providers.
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/achieving-individualized-precision-prevention-ipp-through-scalable
January 01, 2023 - initiative supports an application ecosystem to extend the capabilities of electronic health records (EHRs … Design, develop, and test a shareable SMART IPP APPLICATION that can be integrated with various EHRs
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/health-information-technology-enhanced-family-health-history-documentation
January 01, 2023 - The widespread deployment and meaningful use of electronic health records (EHRs) offers an opportunity … to systematically integrate HRAs with EHRs with the ability to create customized decision support and
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/electronic-health-record-linked-decision-support-communicating-genomic-data
January 01, 2023 - Clinical decision support (CDS) embedded into electronic health records (EHRs) can facilitate the appropriate … effectively communicate genomic data, this project leveraged existing clinical practice guidelines, EHRs
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/guide-to-reducing-unintended-consequences-of-electronic-health-records.pdf
August 01, 2011 - EHRs can offer many benefits to health care providers and their patients, including better
quality of … Neverending demands for system changes
Example: As EHRs evolve, users rely more heavily on the software … Electronic health records (EHRs) offer many advantages, but even the most experienced
implementers can … USEFUL TOOL
Health IT Journeys: ONC has compiled numerous success stories from early adopters of
EHRs … The reporting and audit capabilities of EHRs will vary, but it may be
CASE EXAMPLE: FMEA + CPOE =
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46975/psn-pdf
November 16, 2018 - electronic-health-record-usability-issues-and-potential-contribution-patient-
harm
As electronic health records (EHRs
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46743/psn-pdf
January 17, 2018 - identification-and-prioritization-health-it-patient-safety-measures
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/are-informed-policies-place-promote-safe-and-usable-ehrs-cross-industry-comparison
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r18hs017191-pohl-final-report-2011.pdf
January 01, 2011 - Scope: This study explored the challenges to adopting EHRs in safety net practices including Nurse Managed … vision, skills, incentives, resources, and planning for change
management) impact clinician use of EHRs … Scope
Background
Although EHRs have been proposed as a solution to quality care, in practice they have … This study explored the challenges to adopting EHRs in safety net practices including NMHCs and
FQHCs … The project’s goals were to help these centers assess their organizational readiness for EHRs; to foster
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/09-10-0091-1-EF.pdf
October 01, 2009 - sciences, psychology, human factors, and others, offer insight into design improvements
possible in EHRs … At the time of
this report, very little systematic evidence had been gathered on the usability of EHRs … Need for a Common Framework
Given the evolving role of EHRs in clinical practice and the importance … Once practical metrics
have been developed, high performing EHRs (in terms of information design and … EHRs support a set of specific and often complex interrelated tasks.
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r18hs018649-levick-final-report-2014.pdf
January 01, 2014 - In response, integrated EHRs have emerged as priority among HIT
applications. … Discussion
Results show that implementing and integrating EHRs is an evolutionary process. … Studies of the productivity impact of EHRs on physicians
suggest at most small positive gains, and … However, there has been little or no work examining the impact of EHRs that share data across care … Third, information from EHRs should be available within standard workflow or from familiar
sources,
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43390/psn-pdf
July 30, 2014 - hazards-tied-medical-records-rush
Government incentives have led to rapid development and adoption of electronic health records (EHRs
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r01hs022087-singh-final-report-2018.pdf
January 01, 2018 - Results: We found clinical workflow and EHRs as main barriers. … In EHRs there is a need for decreasing
alert load, implementing EHR designs to facilitate follow-up, … Incidence/Prevalence: EHRs can help ensure reliable delivery of important clinical
information,(5) … In one
study, 36% of abnormal test results transmitted through commercial EHRs did not have
documented … The magnitude of deficiency ranged from one EHR meeting
10 of 11 criteria to three EHRs meeting only
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digital.ahrq.gov/2018-year-review/research-dissemination/web-conferences
January 01, 2018 - The following presenters discussed their research on optimal design of EHRs to support clinical workflow … The research concluded that policies and guidelines are required to improve the usability of EHRs to
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r01hs022110-windle-final-report-2019.pdf
January 01, 2019 - • Results: Baseline results: Across 8 sites and 6 different installed EHRs SUS averaged
47.1 (less … EHRs are now used in over 96% of practices in the US. … The inability of EHRs to fulfill these goals stimulated investigation by the American Medical
Informatics … This study did not intend, nor was it powered, to compare installed EHRs. … Toward improved heuristic
evaluation of EHRs.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49766/psn-pdf
August 21, 2016 - Commercially available
electronic health records (EHRs) may not provide adequate mechanisms for real-time … Commercial EHRs may not provide out-of-the-box tools for real-time notification of a patient's care … Commercial EHRs can be configured to deliver notifications to the patient's care team (if necessary
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/distributed-network-ambulatory-therapeutics_research.pdf
July 01, 2009 - Data linked through DARTNet include data from
EHRs, laboratory, imaging, medication fills/refills, … DARTNet has proven interfaces with twelve of the major
ambulatory EHRs in the United States. … Virtually all EHRs that meet
these minimum requirements can be supported. … Further, there were almost no consistent underlying coding systems used
within any of the EHRs. … , valuable research data may be obtained from EHRs.
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r18hs017018-lehmann-final-report-2010.pdf
January 01, 2010 - Scope: Use EHRs to understand better medication monitoring as it pertains to quality and safety
in … Results: 1) Automatic queries of EHRs to identify patients eligible for quality measures are
feasible … therapeutic
monitoring in the ambulatory setting, the time is ripe to explore the utility of using EHRs … We actually consider this to be strength however since
demonstrating the utility of EHRs for quality … less resource intensive if EHRs are already in place, and that the data
collected is valid.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-andrew-gettinger-md
September 01, 2017 - of the Harvard hospitals that suggests there is not increased patient harm around the deployment of EHRs … AG : Historically, the prior ONC leadership asked folks who had EHRs to start using them. … with EHR implementations or invest enough in testing for problems while developing or implementing EHRs … to address poor performance.( 26 )
Conclusion
In summary, assessing and improving the safety of EHRs … We hope that the lessons above will help us take full advantage of the enormous potential of EHRs to