All the buzz about Meaningful Use sometimes makes us forget what EHR implementation is really supposed to be about -- improving patient care. But this article from Practice Fusion's blog reminds us that EHR use can reduce errors, save lives, and makes it easier to serve patients better. That's what the real objective is!
The study in the article highlights the benefits of EHR use when pediatric patients are concerned. The researchers were able to link the use of electronic health records and associated clinical decision support systems to a quantifiable decrease in infant mortality -- especially among neonatal patients.
Of course, to get these kinds of results, the information in the EHR needs to be accurate, timely, complete, actionable, and specific to the patient. With respect to pediatric and neonatal patients, that last point is especially important. An EHR that is only set up to perform dose range checking and interaction checking on adults won't be nearly as helpful when it comes to children.
But luckily there are drug information vendors like Lexicomp that understand there is a vast world of difference between adults and children -- and often between older children and neonates. Lexicomp's drug information is trusted by dozens of EHR vendors to guide clinicians in prescribing, fulfilling, and administering drugs to patients of all types -- including children.
Lexicomp provides both "machine readable" transactional information (geared towards specific populations) for use in clinical decision support, as well as "human readable" reference materials for clinicians and patients. Even Lexicomp's patient education leaflets are written with either adult or pediatric patients in mind.
The study in the article highlights the benefits of EHR use when pediatric patients are concerned. The researchers were able to link the use of electronic health records and associated clinical decision support systems to a quantifiable decrease in infant mortality -- especially among neonatal patients.
Of course, to get these kinds of results, the information in the EHR needs to be accurate, timely, complete, actionable, and specific to the patient. With respect to pediatric and neonatal patients, that last point is especially important. An EHR that is only set up to perform dose range checking and interaction checking on adults won't be nearly as helpful when it comes to children.
But luckily there are drug information vendors like Lexicomp that understand there is a vast world of difference between adults and children -- and often between older children and neonates. Lexicomp's drug information is trusted by dozens of EHR vendors to guide clinicians in prescribing, fulfilling, and administering drugs to patients of all types -- including children.
Lexicomp provides both "machine readable" transactional information (geared towards specific populations) for use in clinical decision support, as well as "human readable" reference materials for clinicians and patients. Even Lexicomp's patient education leaflets are written with either adult or pediatric patients in mind.
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