title: Implementing pneumonia quality care measures with an informatics-driven intervention.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Dept. fo Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.
authors.forename: Jack
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Starmer
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Russ
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Dario
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Giuse
authors.forename: Lemuel R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Waitman
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Doulis
authors.forename: Dominik
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Aronsky
mesh_terms: 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