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Interdisciplinary Plans of Care, Electronic Medical Record Systems, and Inpatient Mortality
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Bonner, Joseph D. Stange, Brandon J. Kjar, Mindy Reynolds, Margaret A. Hartz, Eric Bignotti, Donald D. Halimi, Miriam Zozus, Meredith Atherton, Denise Breck, Sandra Landstrom, Gay Bowling, Charles Sloan, Robert |
| Copyright Year | 2018 |
| Description | Background Interdisciplinary plans of care (IPOCs) guide care standardization and satisfy accreditation requirements. Yet patient outcomes associated with IPOC usage through an electronic medical record (EMR) are not present in the literature. EMR systems facilitate the documentation of IPOC use and produce data to evaluate patient outcomes. Objectives This article aimed to evaluate whether IPOC-guided care as documented in an EMR is associated with inpatient mortality. Methods We contrasted whether IPOC-guided care was associated with a patient being discharged alive. We further tested whether the association differed across strata of acuity levels and overall frequency of IPOC usage within a hospital. Results Our sample included 165,334 adult medical/surgical discharges for a 12-month period for 17 hospitals. All hospitals had 1 full year of EMR use antedating the study period. IPOCs guided care in 85% (140,187/165,334) of discharges. When IPOCs guided care, 2.1% (3,009/140,187) of admissions ended with the patient dying while in the hospital. Without IPOC-guided care, 4.3% (1,087/25,147) of admissions ended with the patient dying in the hospital. The relative likelihood of dying while in the hospital was lower when IPOCs guided care (odds ratio: 0.45; 99% confidence interval: 0.41–0.50). Conclusion In this observational study within a quasi-experimental setting of 17 community hospitals and voluntary usage, IPOC-guided care is associated with a decreased likelihood of patients dying while in the hospital. |
| Related Links | http://www.thieme-connect.de/products/ejournals/pdf/10.1055/s-0038-1653970.pdf |
| Ending Page | e29 |
| Page Count | 9 |
| Starting Page | e21 |
| e-ISSN | 25669346 |
| DOI | 10.1055/s-0038-1653970 |
| Journal | Aci Open |
| Issue Number | 01 |
| Volume Number | 02 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Georg Thieme Verlag KG |
| Publisher Date | 2018-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Journal: Aci Open Electronic Medical Record Inpatient Mortality Health Services Research Care Plan |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
