CHC '08 PART DEUX

Hey HMIGSAers,

Busy day at CHC. We had two presentations reporting on our successes at University of Missouri Healthcare regarding PQRI reporting and HotSpot dictation within PowerChart.

PQRI Summary:
According to an article from JAMIA, written by Paul Tang et. al, reporting care based on claims/administrative data alone produces a statistically significant difference when compared to clinical data from an electronic health record. More specifically, out of 5385 patients, only 75% of patients who had diabetes were identified using claims data compared to 94% using clinical data from an EHR. The conclusion is that quality measure reporting will be better performed using data elements from a populated EHR.

For more details, Click Here to download the PowerPoint slides presented by Karl Kochendorfer, M.D. and Rob Odom.

HotSpot Dictation:
Completing chart notes using a structured electronic health record, like PowerChart, significantly limits a physician's diagnosis. In addition, taking the time to fill out a structured EHR after a patient encounter is more time consuming for the physician than dictating. In order to remedy these issues within EHRs, specifically Cerner PowerChart, the University of Missouri Department of Internal Medicine is piloting a program to improve electronic documentation efficiency by implementing structured documents with dictation.

For more details, Click Here to download the PowerPoint slides presented by Emily Coberly, M.D. and Bryan Rose. Click Here if you would like to read the article published in Physician Executive.