Use of health information technology in home health and hospice agencies: United States, 2007
| Autor: | Helaine E. Resnick, Majd Alwan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Telemedicine
Health information technology Point-of-Care Systems Patient demographics Health Informatics Nursing Home health Outcome Assessment Health Care medicine Electronic Health Records Humans Telemetry business.industry Medical record Hospices medicine.disease Point-of-care documentation Home Care Services United States Cross-Sectional Studies Health Care Surveys Medical emergency Health information business Research Paper |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 17:389-395 |
| ISSN: | 1527-974X 1067-5027 |
| Popis: | Objective This report provides updated estimates on use of electronic medical records (EMRs) in US home health and hospice (HHH) agencies, describes utilization of EMR functionalities, and presents novel data on telemedicine and point of care documentation (PoCD) in this setting. Design Nationally representative, cross-sectional survey of US HHH agencies conducted in 2007. Measurements Data on agency characteristics, current use of EMR systems as well as use of telemedicine and PoCD were collected. Results In 2007, 43% of US HHH agencies reported use of an EMR system. Patient demographics (40%) and clinical notes (34%) were the most commonly used EMR functions among US HHH agencies. Only 20% of agencies with EMR systems had health information sharing functionality and about half of them used it. Telemedicine was used by 21% of all HHH agencies, with most (87%) of these offering home health services. Among home health agencies using telemedicine, greater than 90% used telephone monitoring and about two-thirds used non-video monitoring. Nearly 29% of HHH agencies reported using electronic PoCD systems, most often for Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) data capture (79%). Relative to for-profit HHH agencies, non-profit agencies used considerably more EMR (70% vs 28%, p |
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