Another Study That Shows The myHR Is Not Going To Make The Difference We Need.

This study appeared last week:CDS alerts in hospital EHR reduce costs, improve outcomes By Greg SlabodkinPublished August 17 2018, 7:33am EDTA new study finds that clinical decision support alerts embedded into a hospital records system have improved patient health and financial outcomes.Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center say the results show the positive effects of leveraging Choosing Wisely recommendations. An article on the study was published this week in the American Journal of Managed Care.For the study, Cedars-Sinai evaluated the 18 highest-volume Choosing Wisely alerts integrated into its Epic EHR. The observational study of 26,424 inpatient encounters examined the associations between adherence to Choosing Wisely recommendations embedded into CDS alerts and four measures of resource use and quality. “Encounters in which providers adhered to all alerts had significantly lower total costs, shorter lengths of stay, a lower probability of 30-day readmissions, and a lower... This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
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