| The perception of medical professionals and medical students on the usefulness of an emergency medical card and a continuity of care report in enhancing continuity of care. | |
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PMID: 21474368 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the medical professionals and medical students perceived usefulness of an emergency medical card (EMC) and a continuity of care (CoC) report, in enhancing CoC. METHODS: The study reviewers included medical professionals from outpatient clinics at Intermountain Healthcare and fourth-year medical students from the University of Utah. Three cases we randomly extracted from a database of patients who had added new care information at the time. EMCs and CoC reports were populated for the cases, and information then de-identified. Using patient information in the electronic medical record (EMR), reviewers evaluated if the EMR information was adequate to support medical decisions made on the patient's diagnosis, medications, laboratory tests, and disposition. The reviewer assessed if the EMC and CoC report information would influence the medical decisions made. An online survey was used to assess the reviewers' perception on the usefulness of the two documents. RESULTS: On average, 94% of the reviewers perceived the EMC to be useful in enhancing medical decision making at the point of care, and 74% found the CoC report to be useful. More specifically, the two documents were found to be useful in decreasing encounter time (100% each), increasing overall knowledge of healthcare providers (100% each), influencing decision on the treatment (94% each), and new laboratory test orders (87% and 90%, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: The EMC and CoC report were found to be useful methods for transporting patient healthcare information across the healthcare continuum. The documents were found more specifically to be useful for effective decision making, improving efficiency and quality of care, at the point of care. |
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Christopher H O Olola; Scott Narus; Jonathan Nebeker; Mollie Poynton; Joseph Hales; Belle Rowan; Heather Lesieur; Cynthia Zumbrennen; Annemarie A Edwards; Robert Crawford; Spencer Amundsen; Yasmin Kabir; Joseph Atkin; Cynthia Newberry; Jason Young; Tariq Hanifi; Ben Risenmay; Tyler Sorensen; R Scott Evans |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-4-5 |
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Title: International journal of medical informatics Volume: - ISSN: 1872-8243 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Apr |
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Created Date: 2011-4-8 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9711057 Medline TA: Int J Med Inform Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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University of Utah, Department of Biomedical Informatics, 20 South 2600 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA. |
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