Lifetime Electronic Health Records as an Enabler for Integrated Care

Integrated care (IC) helps to diminish demographic challenges. Electronic health records (EHRs) are recognized to support IC with regard to continuity, efficiency and quality of care. Lifetime EHRs (LEHRs) allow an even higher level of integration by including all care-related stakeholders along the...

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Main Authors: Richter, Peggy, Gand, Kai, Esswein, Werner
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Conferences
Continuity
Demographics
Economics
Education
Electronic health records
Electronic medical records
Information technology
Integrated circuits
Literature reviews
Medical services
Stakeholders
Teamwork
Workflow
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Summary:Integrated care (IC) helps to diminish demographic challenges. Electronic health records (EHRs) are recognized to support IC with regard to continuity, efficiency and quality of care. Lifetime EHRs (LEHRs) allow an even higher level of integration by including all care-related stakeholders along the whole lifetime of an individual. The article aims at qualitatively assessing to what extent LEHRs are a sufficient enabler for IC. A literature review was conducted regarding IC implementation requirements. Therefore, LEHRs were characterized and discussed with respect to ten IC requirements, classified into four perspectives (stakeholders, data & IT, processes and economics). The analysis revealed that LEHRs especially support data exchange, teamwork and communication, inter-professional collaboration, focus on the individual and add value in terms of efficiency and continuity. LEHRs enable IC, but need to be complemented by workflow and communication supporting systems to achieve a holistic IC implementation with regard to the proposed requirements.
ISSN:1530-1605
2572-6862
1530-1605
DOI:10.1109/HICSS.2016.401