title: Using an electronic medical record tool to improve pneumococcal screening and vaccination rates for older patients admitted with community-acquired pneumonia.
abstract: An electronic medical record tool was developed that determines if a patient meets criteria for screening for the vaccine; it then poses a series of screening questions. Use of the tool has improved performance on pneumococcal vaccination from 44% to more than 90%, with an increase in vaccine units of 305%.
authors: Department of Quality Improvement, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, USA. lnrobin@u.washington.edu
authors: Ellen F
authors: EF
authors: Robinson
authors: Chris
authors: C
authors: Cooley
authors: Anneliese M
authors: AM
authors: Schleyer
authors: Astrid B
authors: AB
authors: Schreuder
authors: Susan
authors: S
authors: Onstad
authors: Jennifer
authors: J
authors: Chang
authors: Anna
authors: A
authors: Marti
authors: Paula
authors: P
authors: Minton-Foltz
authors: J Richard
authors: JR
authors: Goss
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000465:Algorithms; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D057286:Electronic Health Records; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D011018:Pneumonia, Pneumococcal / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017010:Reminder Systems; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D014611:Vaccination; D014861:Washington