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Using Surveillance Data To Inform Community Action: The Effect Of Alcohol Sale Restrictions On Intentional Injury-Related Ambulance Pickups, Saba W. Masho, Diane L. Bishop, Torey Edmonds, Albert D. Farrell
Using Surveillance Data To Inform Community Action: The Effect Of Alcohol Sale Restrictions On Intentional Injury-Related Ambulance Pickups, Saba W. Masho, Diane L. Bishop, Torey Edmonds, Albert D. Farrell
Family Medicine and Population Health Publications
Youth violence disproportionately affects inner city, urban minority communities in the USA. This article illustrates the use of surveillance data to inform and evaluate community action directed at this serious problem. Community efforts in response to surveillance data indicating high rates of violence surrounding convenience stores with unrestricted alcohol beverage licenses provided a natural experiment to examine the impact of imposing licensing restrictions on intentional injury rates. Rates of ambulance pickups for intentional injuries in the 15- to 24-year-old population in five census tracts where alcoholic beverage sales were restricted were compared to five census tracts with similar demographic characteristics …
Electronic Health Record Functionality Needed To Better Support Primary Care, Alex H. Krist, John W . Beasley, Jesse C. Crosson, David C. Kibbe, Michael S. Klinkman, Christoph U. Lehmann, Chester H. Fox, Jason M. Mitchell, James W. Mold, Wilson D. Pace, Kevin A. Peterson, Robert L. Phillips, Robert Post, Jon Puro, Michael Raddock, Ray Simkus, Steven E. Waldren
Electronic Health Record Functionality Needed To Better Support Primary Care, Alex H. Krist, John W . Beasley, Jesse C. Crosson, David C. Kibbe, Michael S. Klinkman, Christoph U. Lehmann, Chester H. Fox, Jason M. Mitchell, James W. Mold, Wilson D. Pace, Kevin A. Peterson, Robert L. Phillips, Robert Post, Jon Puro, Michael Raddock, Ray Simkus, Steven E. Waldren
Family Medicine and Population Health Publications
Electronic health records (EHRs) must support primary care clinicians and patients, yet many clinicians remain dissatisfied with their system. This manuscript presents a consensus statement about gaps in current EHR functionality and needed enhancements to support primary care. The Institute of Medicine primary care attributes were used to define needs and Meaningful Use (MU) objectives to define EHR functionality. Current objectives remain disease- rather than whole-person focused, ignoring factors like personal risks, behaviors, family structure, and occupational and environmental influences. Primary care needs EHRs to move beyond documentation to interpreting and tracking information over time as well as patient partnering …