Community‐acquired pneumonia management and outcomes in the era of health information technology

ABSTRACT Pneumonia continues to be a leading cause of hospitalization and mortality. Implementation of health information technology (HIT) can lead to cost savings and improved care. In this review, we examine the literature on the use of HIT in the management of community‐acquired pneumonia. We als...

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Published in:Respirology (Carlton, Vic.) Vic.), 2017-11, Vol.22 (8), p.1529-1535
Main Authors: Mecham, Ian D., Vines, Caroline, Dean, Nathan C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Community-Acquired Infections - diagnosis
Community-Acquired Infections - therapy
computerized decision support
computerized physician order entry
Decision Support Systems, Clinical
electronic health record
Humans
Information technology
Medical Informatics
Pneumonia
Pneumonia - diagnosis
Pneumonia - therapy
Reproducibility of Results
Respiratory diseases
technology
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Summary:ABSTRACT Pneumonia continues to be a leading cause of hospitalization and mortality. Implementation of health information technology (HIT) can lead to cost savings and improved care. In this review, we examine the literature on the use of HIT in the management of community‐acquired pneumonia. We also discuss barriers to adoption of technology in managing pneumonia, the reliability and quality of electronic health data in pneumonia research, how technology has assisted pneumonia diagnosis and outcomes research. The goal of using HIT is to develop and deploy generalizable, real‐time, computerized clinical decision support integrated into usual pneumonia care. A friendly user interface that does not disrupt efficiency and demonstrates improved clinical outcomes should result in widespread adoption.
ISSN:1323-7799
1440-1843
DOI:10.1111/resp.13132