Implementation of a Teaching Electronic Medical Record within Didactic Instruction Using a Drug Information Question Assignment

Background: Pharmacy graduates are expected to be practice-ready to deliver quality patient care, which includes having comprehensive knowledge of health informatics and electronic medical records (EMRs). The purpose of this study was to (1) incorporate an EMR within a pharmacy student assignment, and (2) assess student perceptions of use of the EMR. Methods: Student pharmacists received a patient-specific drug-related question and were required to use an EMR to provide an accurate response. Following completion of the assignment, students were invited to complete a retrospective, pre-post survey instrument to collect their perceptions. Results: Only 28.8% of respondents reported prior experience using an EMR. Student perceptions about use of an EMR within the didactic setting significantly improved from before to after the assignment. Differences were found in respondents who agreed that didactic use of an EMR increased their confidence in obtaining information from an EMR (20.5% to 82.8%) and improved their knowledge of EMR systems (61.4% to 89.3%). Conclusions: Implementation of an EMR within didactic instruction may serve as the first exposure to health informatics for students and positively impacts student perceptions of these tools prior to entry into pharmacy practice.

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Maternal Self-Report of Tetanus Diphtheria Pertussis Vaccination during Pregnancy Correlates with Patient-Specific Electronic Medical Records

The Journal of Pediatrics ◽

10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.03.015 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Ailin Song ◽

Margaret Sherin ◽

Shannon Cleary ◽

Cathie Spino ◽

Henry H. Bernstein

Keyword(s):

Electronic Medical Records ◽

Medical Records ◽

Self Report ◽

Patient Specific

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On-the-job training of health professionals for electronic health record and electronic medical record use: A scoping review

Knowledge Management & E-Learning: An International Journal ◽

10.34105/j.kmel.2015.07.029 ◽

2015 ◽

pp. 436-469

Keyword(s):

Electronic Medical Records ◽

Health Professionals ◽

Medical Records ◽

Health Informatics ◽

Clinical Care ◽

Training Methods ◽

Health Records ◽

Ovid Medline ◽

Electronic Health ◽

Orientation Training

The implementation of electronic health records (EHRs) or electronic medical records (EMRs) is well documented in health informatics literature yet, very few studies focus primarily on how health professionals in direct clinical care are trained for EHR or EMR use. Purpose: To investigate how health professionals in direct clinical care are trained to prepare them for EHR or EMR use. Methods: Systematic searches were conducted in CINAHL, EMBASE, Ovid MEDLINE, PsycINFO, PubMed and ISI WoS and, the Arksey and O’Malley scoping methodological framework was used to collect the data and analyze the results. Results: Training was done at implementation, orientation and post-implementation. Implementation and orientation training had a broader scope while post-implementation training focused on proficiency, efficiency and improvement. The multiplicity of training methods, types and levels of training identified appear to suggest that training is more effective when a combination of training methods are used.

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Preparing competent graduates for delivering pharmaceutical care: an experience from Northern Cyprus

BMC Medical Education ◽

10.1186/s12909-019-1875-5 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 19 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Abdikarim Mohamed Abdi ◽

Arijana Meštrović ◽

Rumeysa Demirdamar ◽

Bilgen Basgut

Keyword(s):

Learning Outcomes ◽

Student Perceptions ◽

Respiratory Diseases ◽

Drug Information ◽

Pharmacy Practice ◽

Data Retrieval ◽

Northern Cyprus ◽

Before And After ◽

The Core Competence ◽

Public Health Promotion

Abstract Background This paper describes the implementation and evaluation of a clinical pharmacy practice (CPP) course in Northern Cyprus. The course covered a range of subjects, including internal medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, and drug information services. Methods An 8-week structured CPP course was designed for fifth-year students. Students’ competencies were assessed using an objective structural clinical examination (OSCE) before and after the intervention. The course addressed all CPP competence domains and learning outcomes, and it utilized a wide variety of learning activities. Student perceptions, experience and preceptor evaluations were assessed using surveys. Results Students reported that the learning objectives of the course were met. Substantial knowledge and skills in different areas of CPP were gained. A significant overall enhancement in the average grades on the OSCE was identified (23.09 ± 0.75 and 27.51 ± 0.71 out of 40). Students received the highest scores in drug information data retrieval and interpretation (4.4 ± 0.13), communication skills (4.2 ± 0.09) and public health promotion (3.92 ± 0.12). The lowest scores were recorded in clinical prescription management problems (2.5 ± 0.23) and pharmacotherapy application (2.54 ± 0.18). Conclusion Students’ scores significantly improved from the baseline in the core competence domains. Most students found the structure, process and outcomes of the course to be beneficial and satisfactory.

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Using electronic medical records system to advance cancer survivorship programs.

Journal of Clinical Oncology ◽

10.1200/jco.2018.36.7_suppl.65 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 36 (7_suppl) ◽

pp. 65-65

Author(s):

Megan Lanigan ◽

Theresa M. Lee ◽

Lisa Torp ◽

Beth Rudge ◽

Kit Yu Lu ◽

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Keyword(s):

Electronic Medical Records ◽

Medical Records ◽

Care Delivery ◽

Compliance Rate ◽

Care Plan ◽

Patient Specific ◽

Survivorship Care ◽

Care Plans ◽

Medical Records System

65 Background: Survivorship care is now being increasingly recognized as an important part of cancer care. The Commission on Cancer (CoC) Standard 3.3 now recommends 100% compliance in the delivery of Survivorship Care Plans (SCP) by 2019 to eligible survivors. However, there are no systematic ways of ensuring compliance of Care Plan delivery and assessing patient eligibility. There are also no standardized methods for documentation or data collection to ensure appropriate consolidation of information from the electronic medical record (EMR) to a SCP, to assess for patient eligibility for survivorship follow up, or to appropriately report on timely delivery and follow-up with Survivorship Programs. Methods: Our survivorship team worked closely with the Cancer Registry Program, nurse navigators, and Information Technology team to optimize our institution owned EPIC electronic medical records system to populate and consolidate information automatically into patient specific care plans. By having electronic care plans, we are able to deliver plans to all members of the care team and to the patients. We also created discrete methods of flagging eligible survivors and automated data reporting and collection to ensure compliance and timeliness of care plan delivery. Results: By optimizing our electronic medical records system and our workflow process for Care Plan delivery, we were able to increase our delivery compliance rate to 100%. We are able to track patients through their care delivery and appropriately refer to our survivorship program and track care plan delivery. Conclusions: The CoC has implemented new standards to encourage appropriate survivorship care delivery and proper communication for ongoing survivorship care and follow up. With these new standards comes the challenge of developing and implementing a system for creating, delivering and evaluating the delivery of SCP. For our team to provide quality survivorship care that is measurable, we have developed data analysis and reports through our EMR with assistance from our IT department. These improvements utilizing our IT and EMR more efficiently has provided us with the ability to achieve 100% care plan delivery compliance.

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