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01.04.2013 | Original Research

Electronic Health Records and Ambulatory Quality of Care

verfasst von: Lisa M. Kern, MD, MPH, Yolanda Barrón, MS, Rina V. Dhopeshwarkar, MPH, Alison Edwards, MStat, Rainu Kaushal, MD, MPH, with the HITEC Investigators

Erschienen in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Ausgabe 4/2013

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ABSTRACT

CONTEXT

The US Federal Government is investing up to $29 billion in incentives for meaningful use of electronic health records (EHRs). However, the effect of EHRs on ambulatory quality is unclear, with several large studies finding no effect.

OBJECTIVE

To determine the effect of EHRs on ambulatory quality in a community-based setting.

DESIGN

Cross-sectional study, using data from 2008.

SETTING

Ambulatory practices in the Hudson Valley of New York, with a median practice size of four physicians.

PARTICIPANTS

We included all general internists, pediatricians and family medicine physicians who: were members of the Taconic Independent Practice Association, had patients in a data set of claims aggregated across five health plans, and had at least 30 patients per measure for at least one of nine quality measures selected by the health plans.

IINTERVENTION

Adoption of an EHR.

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES

We compared physicians using EHRs to physicians using paper on performance for each of the nine quality measures, using t-tests. We also created a composite quality score by standardizing performance against a national benchmark and averaging standardized performance across measures. We used generalized estimation equations, adjusting for nine physician characteristics.

KEY RESULTS

We included 466 physicians and 74,618 unique patients. Of the physicians, 204 (44 %) had adopted EHRs and 262 (56 %) were using paper. Electronic health record use was associated with significantly higher quality of care for four of the measures: hemoglobin A1c testing in diabetes, breast cancer screening, chlamydia screening, and colorectal cancer screening. Effect sizes ranged from 3 to 13 percentage points per measure. When all nine measures were combined into a composite, EHR use was associated with higher quality of care (sd 0.4, p = 0.008).

CONCLUSIONS

This is one of the first studies to find a positive association between EHRs and ambulatory quality in a community-based setting.

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Titel: Electronic Health Records and Ambulatory Quality of Care
verfasst von: Lisa M. Kern, MD, MPH
Yolanda Barrón, MS
Rina V. Dhopeshwarkar, MPH
Alison Edwards, MStat
Rainu Kaushal, MD, MPH
with the HITEC Investigators
Publikationsdatum: 01.04.2013
Verlag: Springer-Verlag
Erschienen in: Journal of General Internal Medicine / Ausgabe 4/2013
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Elektronische ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-012-2237-8

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ABSTRACT

CONTEXT

OBJECTIVE

DESIGN

SETTING

PARTICIPANTS

IINTERVENTION

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES

KEY RESULTS

CONCLUSIONS

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