Encoded guidelines for targeted latent tuberculosis screening using an electronic medical record.
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.
Steele
Andrew
A
Information Services, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, USA.
Garrett
Nedra
N
Davidson
Art
A
Jatko
Megan
M
Eisert
Sheri
S
Lyons
Pat
P
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