sábado, 13 de febrero de 2016

AHRQ Study: Fully Electronic Health Record Associated With Lower Odds of In-Hospital Adverse Events

AHRQ Study: Fully Electronic Health Record Associated With Lower Odds of In-Hospital Adverse Events

AHRQ--Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Advancing Excellence in Health Care



Cardiovascular, pneumonia and surgery patients exposed to fully electronic 
health records were less likely to experience in-hospital adverse events, 
according to a new AHRQ study. Using 2012 and 2013 Medicare Patient 
Safety Monitoring System data, researchers examined the association of 
hospitals' electronic health records adoption and occurrence rates of 
in-hospital adverse events. The primary outcomes evaluated were the 
occurrence rates of 21 in-hospital adverse events, classified by four clinical 
domains: hospital-acquired infections, adverse drug events, general events 
(such as falls and pressure ulcers) and postprocedural events. Among 
the more than 45,000 patients who were at risk for nearly 350,000 adverse 
events in the study sample, 13 percent were exposed to fully electronic 
health records. Among all study patients, the occurrence rate of adverse 
events was 2.3 percent (7,820 adverse events). Patients exposed to fully 
electronic health records, however, had 17–30 percent lower odds of any 
adverse event. 
blog post about the study has been published online in the AHRQ Views 
Blog. The study, “Electronic Health Records Adoption and Rates of In-Hospital 
Adverse Events,” and abstract appeared in the February issue of the Journal 
of Patient Safety. 

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