title: Encoded guidelines for targeted latent tuberculosis screening using an electronic medical record.
abstract: To determine the impact of information technology on embedding the latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) screening guidelines in an electronic medical record (EMR) in a large health care system. The long-term goal of the study is to test clinician adherence to LTBI screening guidelines using an EMR system. However, preliminary results are presented on the potential impact on providers on implementing the alerts on targeted high-risk patients.
authors.affiliation: Information Services, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, USA.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Steele
authors.forename: Nedra
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Garrett
authors.forename: Art
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Davidson
authors.forename: Megan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jatko
authors.forename: Sheri
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Eisert
authors.forename: Pat
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lyons
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D006801:Humans; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D017010:Reminder Systems; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D014374:Tuberculin Test; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017735:Virus Latency