title: The current capabilities of health information technology to support care transitions.
abstract: To determine whether HIT currently supports care transitions we interviewed clinicians from several healthcare settings. We learned about HIT tools to help nurses facilitate transitions, but discovered that there are few tools to promote high quality, safe transitions of care. We also found that HIT is rarely employed for patient-centered care coordination mechanisms. In conclusion, HIT tools are typically used within one healthcare setting to prepare for a transition, rather than across healthcare settings.
authors.affiliation: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA ; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Lipika
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Samal
authors.affiliation: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA ; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Patricia C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Dykes
authors.affiliation: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Jeffrey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Greenberg
authors.affiliation: American Medical Association, Chicago, IL.
authors.forename: Omar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Hasan
authors.affiliation: Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.
authors.forename: Arjun K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Venkatesh
authors.affiliation: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA ; Partners Healthcare System, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Lynn A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Volk
authors.affiliation: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA ; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA ; Partners Healthcare System, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: David W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Bates
mesh_terms: D057286:Electronic Health Records; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D062527:Meaningful Use; D008490:Medical Informatics; D008491:Medical Informatics Applications; D062209:Patient Handoff / Q000592:standards; D014481:United States; D016270:United States Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
keywords: care coordination; care transitions; electronic health record; meaningful use