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Quality improvement in pediatric well care with an electronic record

Authors

Gioia PC

Journal

Proc AMIA Symp

Publication Date

2001

Pages

209-13

HIT Description: Ambulatory EHR system More info...
Purpose of Study: Measure completeness of well-child visits, immunizations, lead testing and instruction distribution in a pediatric office practice using an ambulatory EHR system.
Years of study: 2001
Study Design: Observational study
Outcomes: Immunization rates, rate of instruction sheet distribution and lead screening rates.

Summary:

Settings: Community pediatric office setting
Evaluation Method: Observational methodology.
HIT System: Not described except for forms capability and lab interface.
Quality of Care and Patient Safety Outcome: ¤ 82.2% of our 208 regular patients go the complete set of 15 vaccines by 21 months of age. ¤ 85.6% of patients received 7 or 8 patient education/instruction sheets. ¤ 98.6% of patients with financial coverage for in-house lead testing had lead screening performed by 21 months of age, compared to 81% of the general cohort.

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