Implementing pneumonia quality care measures with an informatics-driven intervention.
Many institutions find it difficult to achieve compliance with quality measures associated with community acquired pneumonia. The goal of this study was to design and implement an automated pneumonia detection and management system in the Emergency Department. The system utilizes multiple information systems to improve communication among health care providers and support more timely decision making for ED patients suggestive of having pneumonia.
Starmer
Jack
J
Dept. fo Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.
Russ
Stephan
S
Jones
Ian
I
Giuse
Dario
D
Waitman
Lemuel R
LR
Doulis
John
J
Aronsky
Dominik
D
D000328:Adult; D000465:Algorithms; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D003658:Decision Making, Computer-Assisted; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D011787:Quality of Health Care