title: Prevalence and impact of information gaps in the emergency department.
abstract: Information gaps may impact care of Emergency Department (ED) patients. We determined the incidence and consequences of missing information during 130 ED patient encounters. Among 15 encounters with missing information, 10 instances resulted in no reported consequences to the patient and 3 encounters resulted in an impact on patient care.
authors.affiliation: Depts. of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chuun
authors.forename: Akshay
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: Dominik
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Aronsky
mesh_terms: D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D032541:Mass Vaccination / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D022242:Pneumococcal Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*; D015995:Prevalence; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013714:Tennessee; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014611:Vaccination
chemical_list: D022242:Pneumococcal Vaccines