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Chapter 16 - The Electronic Health Record as a Monitor for Performance Improvement

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2020

By
David B. Wax
Edited by
Andrew B. Leibowitz  and
Suzan Uysal
Andrew B. Leibowitz
Affiliation:
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Suzan Uysal
Affiliation:
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
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Summary

The anesthesia record is more than just a historic snapshot of clinical care. It also serves as a clinical monitor in itself. In electronic form, and as a component of an electronic health record (EHR), its utility is extended to provide data to drive clinical decision support, compliance, research, administrative, and human resource functions with an overall goal of performance improvement.

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Healthcare information technologyelectronic health recordanesthesia information management systemsdecision supportpatient monitoring
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Modern Monitoring in Anesthesiology and Perioperative Care , pp. 154 - 163
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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