NDLI: The role and benefits of accessing primary care patient records during unscheduled care: a systematic review

Content Provider	Springer Nature : BioMed Central
Author	Bowden, Tom Coiera, Enrico
Abstract	Background The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of accessing primary care records on unscheduled care. Unscheduled care is typically delivered in hospital Emergency Departments. Studies published to December 2014 reporting on primary care record access during unscheduled care were retrieved. Results Twenty-two articles met inclusion criteria from a pool of 192. Many shared electronic health records (SEHRs) were large in scale, servicing many millions of patients. Reported utilization rates by clinicians was variable, with rates >20% amongst health management organizations but much lower in nation-scale systems. No study reported on clinical outcomes or patient safety, and no economic studies of SEHR access during unscheduled care were available. Design factors that may affect utilization included consent and access models, SEHR content, and system usability and reliability. Conclusions Despite their size and expense, SEHRs designed to support unscheduled care have been poorly evaluated, and it is not possible to draw conclusions about any likely benefits associated with their use. Heterogeneity across the systems and the populations they serve make generalization about system design or performance difficult. None of the reviewed studies used a theoretical model to guide evaluation. Value of Information models may be a useful theoretical approach to design evaluation metrics, facilitating comparison across systems in future studies. Well-designed SEHRs should in principle be capable of improving the efficiency, quality and safety of unscheduled care, but at present the evidence for such benefits is weak, largely because it has not been sought.
Related Links	https://bmcmedinformdecismak.biomedcentral.com/counter/pdf/10.1186/s12911-017-0523-4.pdf
Ending Page	12
Page Count	12
Starting Page	1
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ISSN	14726947
DOI	10.1186/s12911-017-0523-4
Journal	BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
Issue Number	1
Volume Number	17
Language	English
Publisher	BioMed Central
Publisher Date	2017-09-22
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Health Informatics Information Systems and Communication Service Management of Computing and Information Systems Unscheduled Care Shared Electronic Health Record (SEHR) Health Information Exchange (HIEs) Summary Care Record (SCR) National Programme For Information Technology (NPfIT)
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Health Informatics Computer Science Applications Health Policy
Journal Impact Factor	3.3/2023
5-Year Journal Impact Factor	3.9/2023

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1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
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