Improving access to longitudinal patient health information within an emergency department.
We designed and implemented an electronic patient tracking system with improved user authentication and patient selection. We then measured access to clinical information from previous clinical encounters before and after implementation of the system. Clinicians accessed longitudinal information for 16% of patient encounters before, and 40% of patient encounters after the intervention, indicating such a system can improve clinician access to information. We also attempted to evaluate the impact of [...]
Author(s): Wilcox, A B, Shen, S, Dorr, D A, Hripcsak, G, Heermann, L, Narus, S P
DOI: 10.4338/ACI-2011-03-RA-0019