title: EHR enabled quality improvement: a two year follow-up study of 6 community health centers.
abstract: In a 2004-05 study we found that five of six Community Health Centers (CHCs) used their Electronic Health Records (EHR) to improve clinical quality (technology enabled quality improvement (TEQI)); we also found that TEQI must be rapidly used for many conditions to justify the high EHR cost. We conducted a two year follow-up of CHCs to investigate changes in TEQI efforts. We found that while study CHCs maintained their TEQI activities, TEQI expansion was limited.
authors.affiliation: University of California San Francisco, Institute for Health and Aging, USA.
authors.forename: Christopher E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: West
authors.forename: Christopher Eugene
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: West
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D003151:Community Health Centers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000592:standards*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration*