Benchmarking: Extracting Clinical Measures and Practice Performance From the Electronic Health Record

Author: Lindenberg, Julie A.

Source: Clinical Scholars Review, Volume 2, Number 1, 2009 , pp. 23-26(4)

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company

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Abstract:

Adoption of electronic health record (EHR) systems can lead to health care savings, reduction in medical errors, and improvement in health. The intersection of health information technology (HIT) and health care quality is a result of the following two developments: the quality improvement movement and the maturation of HIT. The potential safety benefits of EHR systems focus largely on alerts, reminders, and other components of ambulatory computerized provider order entry. EHR systems are integral throughout the disease management process. Using HIT for near-term chronic disease management programs has the benefits of identifying people with a potential or active chronic disease, targeting services based on their level of risk, and monitoring their risk. The purposes of benchmarking and survey reports are to provide a quantifiable measure of performance and to quantify gaps between your practice and best practices.

Keywords: COMPUTERIZED ORDER ENTRY; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/1939-2095.2.1.23

Publication date: 2009-04-01

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