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Linking patients to providers for quality reporting in an EHR
Jonathan S Einbinder1, Julie Greim, Michael Eskin
1Clinical Informatics Research & Development, Partners HealthCare System, Boston, MA, USA.
AMIA ... Annual Symposium Proceedings. AMIA Symposium
|August 13, 2008
Summary
A flexible patient-provider linking system was developed for ambulatory electronic health records to enhance quality reporting. This system, integrated into Report Central, aids users in accessing patient data for improved healthcare quality metrics.
Area of Science:
- Health Informatics
- Health Services Research
Background:
- Quality reporting in ambulatory care is crucial for performance evaluation.
- Electronic health records (EHRs) offer potential for robust quality measurement.
- Existing EHR systems may lack flexible patient-provider linkage for reporting.
Purpose of the Study:
- To design and implement a flexible patient-provider linking methodology.
- To support comprehensive quality reporting within an ambulatory EHR environment.
- To integrate this linkage approach into a user-facing reporting module.
Main Methods:
- Developed a flexible data model for associating patients with their healthcare providers.
- Implemented the linkage approach within the Report Central module of an ambulatory EHR.
- Enabled users to generate descriptive and quality-based reports based on linked data.
Main Results:
- Successfully implemented a flexible patient-provider linking system.
- The system is integrated into Report Central, an EHR reporting module.
- Users can now access descriptive and quality reports for patient populations.
Conclusions:
- A flexible patient-provider linkage is feasible and beneficial for ambulatory EHR quality reporting.
- The implemented system enhances the utility of EHRs for quality improvement initiatives.
- Report Central provides a platform for actionable insights derived from linked patient-provider data.
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