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Technological Resources And Personnel Costs Required To Implement An Automated Alert System For Primary Care Physicians When Patients Transition From Hospitals To Home, Terry S. Field, Lawrence D. Garber, Shawn J. Gagne, Jennifer Tjia, Peggy Preusse, Jennifer L. Donovan, Abir O. Kanaan, Jerry H. Gurwitz
Technological Resources And Personnel Costs Required To Implement An Automated Alert System For Primary Care Physicians When Patients Transition From Hospitals To Home, Terry S. Field, Lawrence D. Garber, Shawn J. Gagne, Jennifer Tjia, Peggy Preusse, Jennifer L. Donovan, Abir O. Kanaan, Jerry H. Gurwitz
Jennifer Tjia
Background With the adoption of electronic medical records by medical group practices, there are opportunities to improve the quality of care for patients discharged from hospitals. However, there is little guidance for medical groups outside of integrated hospital systems to automate the flow of patient information during transitions in care.
Objective To describe the technological resources, expertise and time needed to develop an automated system providing information to primary care physicians when their patients transition from hospitals to home.
Development Within a medical group practice, we developed an automated alert system that provides notification of discharges, reminders of the need …