Identifying and Addressing Barriers to Implementing Core Electronic Health Record Use Metrics for Ambulatory Care: Virtual Consensus Conference Proceedings

Deborah R. Levy; Amanda J. Moy; Nate Apathy; Julia Adler-Milstein; Lisa Rotenstein; Bidisha Nath; S. Trent Rosenbloom; Thomas Kannampallil; Rebecca G. Mishuris; Aram Alexanian; Amber Sieja; Michelle R. Hribar; Jigar S. Patel; Christine A. Sinsky; Edward R. Melnick

doi:10.1055/a-2187-3243

Identifying and Addressing Barriers to Implementing Core Electronic Health Record Use Metrics for Ambulatory Care: Virtual Consensus Conference Proceedings

Deborah R. Levy, Amanda J. Moy, Nate Apathy, Julia Adler-Milstein, Lisa Rotenstein, Bidisha Nath, S. Trent Rosenbloom, Thomas Kannampallil, Rebecca G. Mishuris, Aram Alexanian, Amber Sieja, Michelle R. Hribar, Jigar S. Patel, Christine A. Sinsky, Edward R. Melnick

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Precise, reliable, valid metrics that are cost-effective and require reasonable implementation time and effort are needed to drive electronic health record (EHR) improvements and decrease EHR burden. Differences exist between research and vendor definitions of metrics. Process We convened three stakeholder groups (health system informatics leaders, EHR vendor representatives, and researchers) in a virtual workshop series to achieve consensus on barriers, solutions, and next steps to implementing the core EHR use metrics in ambulatory care. Conclusion Actionable solutions identified to address core categories of EHR metric implementation challenges include: (1) maintaining broad stakeholder engagement, (2) reaching agreement on standardized measure definitions across vendors, (3) integrating clinician perspectives, and (4) addressing cognitive and EHR burden. Building upon the momentum of this workshop’s outputs offers promise for overcoming barriers to implementing EHR use metrics.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	944-950
Number of pages	7
Journal	Applied Clinical Informatics
Volume	14
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2187-3243
State	Published - Jul 19 2023

Keywords

ambulatory care
audit logs
data validation and verification
electronic health records and systems
facilitators and barriers
metrics
primary care
use, administration, and maintenance

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Health Information Management
Health Informatics
Computer Science Applications

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Levy, D. R., Moy, A. J., Apathy, N., Adler-Milstein, J., Rotenstein, L., Nath, B., Rosenbloom, S. T., Kannampallil, T., Mishuris, R. G., Alexanian, A., Sieja, A., Hribar, M. R., Patel, J. S., Sinsky, C. A., & Melnick, E. R. (2023). Identifying and Addressing Barriers to Implementing Core Electronic Health Record Use Metrics for Ambulatory Care: Virtual Consensus Conference Proceedings. Applied Clinical Informatics, 14(5), 944-950. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2187-3243

Levy, DR, Moy, AJ, Apathy, N, Adler-Milstein, J, Rotenstein, L, Nath, B, Rosenbloom, ST, Kannampallil, T, Mishuris, RG, Alexanian, A, Sieja, A, Hribar, MR, Patel, JS, Sinsky, CA & Melnick, ER 2023, 'Identifying and Addressing Barriers to Implementing Core Electronic Health Record Use Metrics for Ambulatory Care: Virtual Consensus Conference Proceedings', Applied Clinical Informatics, vol. 14, no. 5, pp. 944-950. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2187-3243

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