OSNP program addresses potential gaps in external parameters -
An innovative framework to identify and address potential gaps in outpatient settings in health care using clinical tools electronic surveillance was used to identify patient safety through a variety of conditions, according to a study published today in the journal eGems .
ambulatory Safety Net Program Kaiser Permanente Southern California (OSNP) harnesses the power of electronic health records as well as a proactive culture to detect clinical improvement opportunities of the potential quality and action to improve patient care.
document presents the general framework of OSNP, which was used to treat a wide range of security issues in various clinical conditions. The objectives of OSNP care deficiencies such as the use of competing drugs that could lead to drug interactions or the need for follow-up testing. This is in contrast with the majority of patient safety programs that focus on the emergency or hospital care.
"Over 98 percent of patient interactions occur in outpatient and ambulatory Security Program Net harnesses the power of electronic health records to target care gaps by scanning for things like drug interactions or follow-up testing needed, "said study author Michael H. Kanter, MD, regional medical director of quality and clinical analysis, Southern California Permanente medical Group. "For example, a patient who is on one or more drugs that require annual monitoring that has not come to get his blood drawn for necessary test will be indicated by our clinical tool of electronic surveillance, and we will remind the patient to come and having made his laboratory work. "
according to the researchers, this innovative approach can be applied by other health care organizations, provided they have key information in digital format, even if they do not have a health record electronic or integrated delivery systems.
"the Southern California safety net Outpatient program is different from other patient safety programs that are dedicated to hospital care or hospital, as it analyzes the background of all that was missed, "said Dr. Kanter. "Like other health care delivery systems to develop and implement similar tools, information sharing these methods through organizations can improve ambulatory security more broadly."
Kaiser Permanente can conduct research on transformational health such as this study partly because it has the largest electronic health system centered on private patient in the world. electronic health record system of the organization Kaiser Permanente HealthConnect-, securely connects to about 9.3 million patients to 16,000 physicians in nearly 0 medical offices and 38 hospitals. It also connects Kaiser Permanente researchers in one of the most extensive collections of longitudinal medical data available, facilitating studies and important medical discoveries that shape the future delivery of health care for patients and the medical community.
This story is part of the ongoing efforts of Kaiser Permanente to address various health care gaps in ambulatory care settings and improving the quality and safety of health care. Kaiser Permanente has published numerous studies on the benefits of Kaiser Permanente HealthConnect-, it launched in 04. In February, a Kaiser Permanente study published in the Journal of Vascular Surgery found that EHR screening program for aneurysms of the abdominal aorta reduces the number of tanks, patients at risk of over half. Another study published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association in October 2013 found that the use of electronic health records to automate the reporting of quality measures reduces the time required for reporting a measurement-only set about 50 percent.
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