Electronic health record quality enhancement
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsPaul R. Bastide, Matthew E. Broomhall, Robert E. Loredo
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Abstract
A method of managing electronic health records comprises identifying an update by a healthcare provider to an electronic health record of a patient and evaluating a quality of the identified update. In response to the identified update failing the quality evaluation, a survey including at least one inquiry is generated and transmitted to one or more selected from a group of the healthcare provider and the patient. Information within the electronic health record may be modified based on one more responses to the at least one inquiry of the survey.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method of managing electronic health records comprising:
- identifying an update by a healthcare provider to an electronic health record of a patient;
- evaluating a quality of the update;
- and
- in response to the update failing the evaluation:
- generating and transmitting, via an electronic communications network, a survey including at least one inquiry to one or more selected from a group of the healthcare provider and the patient;
- and
- modifying information within the electronic health record based on one more responses to the at least one inquiry of the survey.
A system for managing electronic health records, comprising:
- at least one processor configured to:
- identify an update by a healthcare provider to an electronic health record of a patient;
- evaluate a quality of the identified update;
- and
- in response to the identified update failing the evaluation:
- generate and transmit a survey including at least one inquiry to one or more selected from a group of the healthcare provider and the patient;
- and
- modify information within the electronic health record based on one more responses to the at least one inquiry of the survey.
A computer program product for managing electronic health records, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computer processor to cause the computer processor to:
- identify an update by a healthcare provider to an electronic health record of a patient;
- evaluate a quality of the identified update;
- and
- in response to the identified update failing the evaluation:
- generate and transmit a survey including at least one inquiry to one or more selected from a group of the healthcare provider and the patient;
- and
- modify information within the electronic health record based on one more responses to the at least one inquiry of the survey.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.