The pharmacist and the EHR.
The adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) across the United States has impacted the methods by which health care professionals care for their patients. It is not always recognized, however, that pharmacists also actively use advanced functionality within the EHR. As critical members of the health care team, pharmacists utilize many different features of the EHR. The literature focuses on 3 main roles: documentation, medication reconciliation, and patient evaluation and monitoring. As health information technology proliferates, it is imperative that pharmacists' workflow and information needs are met within the EHR to optimize medication therapy quality, team communication, and patient outcomes.
Principal Domain Specialist, EHR Portfolio, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA scott.nelson@vanderbilt.edu.
Scott D
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Nelson
Director of Informatics, Avhana Health, Cambridge, MA, USA.
John
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Poikonen
Research Associate, Department of Pharmacotherapy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Thomas
T
Reese
Informatics Pharmacist, University of Utah Hospital and Clinics, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
David
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El Halta
Research Professor, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Research Associate Professor, College of Nursing, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Charlene
C
Weir
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