Clinical informatics during the COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons learned and implications for emergency department and inpatient operations.
J Am Med Inform Assoc
; 28(4): 879-889, 2021 03 18.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-947660
ABSTRACT
In response to a pandemic, hospital leaders can use clinical informatics to aid clinical decision making, virtualizing medical care, coordinating communication, and defining workflow and compliance. Clinical informatics procedures need to be implemented nimbly, with governance measures in place to properly oversee and guide novel patient care pathways, diagnostic and treatment workflows, and provider education and communication. The authors' experience recommends (1) creating flexible order sets that adapt to evolving guidelines that meet needs across specialties, (2) enhancing and supporting inherent telemedicine capability, (3) electronically enabling novel workflows quickly and suspending noncritical administrative or billing functions in the electronic health record, and (4) using communication platforms based on tiered urgency that do not compromise security and privacy.
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Full text:
Available
Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Medical Informatics
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Hospital Information Systems
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Emergency Service, Hospital
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Electronic Health Records
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Clinical Decision-Making
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COVID-19
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Hospital Administration
Type of study:
Case report
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Diagnostic study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
North America
Language:
English
Journal:
J Am Med Inform Assoc
Journal subject:
Medical Informatics
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Jamia
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