Patient Management and Scheduling; Clinical Documentation; Visit Summaries and Discharge Summaries; and Statistics and Reporting.
This information system includes computerized information from the patient's intake registration form, medical visit summaries, counseling visit summaries, as well as information on ART initiation and other drug use.
The system is still in its early stages but is planned to involve exchange of visit summaries and discharge records from hospitals to FQHCs.
* dot phrase: an electronic medical record tool of pre-populated, standardized text that a provider can automatically insert into such things as letters, after visit summaries, and lab results for patient viewing.
Therefore, to receive all available financial incentives through the MU program, providers must demonstrate "meaningful use" by meeting specific MU objectives that cover a range of clinical processes (e.g., documenting vital signs and problems, ordering lab tests and medications, and providing visit summaries and educational materials to patients) [ 3].
Other tasks performed with direction from the cardiologist included: entering diagnoses, revising the problem list, completing the follow-up request form, typing patient instructions, documenting level of service, and completing the after-visit summary.
During the study period, 1,351 visits for IGI were reported during 339,153 person-weeks of observation resulting in an IGI clinic visits summary rate for all ships of 4.0 per 1000 person-weeks (Poisson Exact 95% C.I.: 3.8, 4.3).
Documentation of messages, after-visit summaries, and test results were available to patients and GHC health care providers via the shared electronic medical record.
Communication aids include question lists [ 3], audio-recordings [ 4, 5], and after-visit summaries [ 6], which can be packaged into an integrated intervention delivered by a health coach [ 7], along with decision aids [ 8, 9].
In brief, the SMR features implemented included the following: secure messaging with health care providers; requesting medication refills and in-person appointments; and viewing test results, after-visit summaries, medical problem lists, allergies, and immunizations.
