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Erschienen in: Pituitary 5/2016

03.06.2016

Enhanced cosyntropin stimulation test performance enabled by electronic medical record

verfasst von: Anat Ben-Shlomo, Joseph Guzman, James Mirocha

Erschienen in: Pituitary | Ausgabe 5/2016

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Abstract

Purpose

To improve performance of the cosyntropin stimulation test (CST) used for diagnosis of adrenal-cortisol insufficiency by implementing an electronic medical record (EMR) system protocol.

Methods

We implemented a SmartForm protocol of the validated CST in our EMR system (CS-Link™, EPIC) system and compared medical staff test performance before and after protocol implementation.

Results

Correct performance of the CST improved significantly after EMR implementation. The number of correctly performed CSTs increased from 16.1 % before to 53.5 % after implementation (p < 0.0001) while those performed incorrectly and were uninterpretable decreased from 36.2 to 7.1 % (p < 0.0001). This performance improvement result in a calculated cost savings of $50,414 for every 100 tests performed.

Conclusions

The EMR system is useful for guiding medical staff to accurately perform the CST, reduce the number of wasted tests, and maximize staff time and resources.
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Metadaten
Titel
Enhanced cosyntropin stimulation test performance enabled by electronic medical record
verfasst von
Anat Ben-Shlomo
Joseph Guzman
James Mirocha
Publikationsdatum
03.06.2016
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Pituitary / Ausgabe 5/2016
Print ISSN: 1386-341X
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-7403
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11102-016-0731-4

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