Using electronic clinical quality measure reporting for public health surveillance.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep
; 64(16): 439-42, 2015 May 01.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-25928469
ABSTRACT
By June 2013, three fourths of office-based practicing physicians in the United States had adopted some form of electronic health record (EHR) system. With greater EHR use, more health data are linked with available patient demographic information in a format that is easily retrievable and collected at the point of care. This highlights the potential of electronic clinical quality measure (CQM) reporting data for use in monitoring population health for those receiving health care services. To assess this possibility, electronic CQM data that were submitted to the Medicare EHR Incentive Program were analyzed to assess provider progress toward achieving blood pressure control among their patients with hypertension. Approximately 63,000 health care providers reported at least 1 time over 3 years, representing approximately 17 million patients with hypertension. On average, 62% of patients with hypertension had controlled blood pressure. Use of EHR data for public health surveillance could streamline reporting, facilitating more timely and possibly more complete data collection in key areas of public health concern.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Coleta de Dados
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Registros Eletrônicos de Saúde
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Vigilância em Saúde Pública
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Uso Significativo
Tipo de estudo:
Screening_studies
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2015
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Article