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ArticleThe journal of behavioral health services & research2016

Providers' Note-Writing Practices for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder at Five United States Veterans Affairs Facilities.

Anaïs Tuepker, Susan L Zickmund, Cara E Nicolajski, Bridget Hahm, Jorie Butler, Charlene Weir, Lori Post, David H Hickam

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Article in The journal of behavioral health services & research, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Anaïs TuepkerCenter to Improve Veteran Involvement in Care (CIVIC), VA Portland Health Care System, 3710 SW US Veterans Hospital Road, Portland, OR, 97239, USA. tuepker@ohsu.edu.
Susan L ZickmundCenter for Health Equity Research and Promotion (CHERP), VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Cara E NicolajskiUPMC Center for High-Value Health Care, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Bridget HahmJames A. Haley Veterans Hospital, Tampa, FL, USA.
Jorie ButlerConsortium for Healthcare Informatics Research, VA Salt Lake City Healthcare System, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Charlene WeirConsortium for Healthcare Informatics Research, VA Salt Lake City Healthcare System, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Lori PostDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
David H HickamPatient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), Washington, DC, USA.
VA Salt Lake City Healthcare System · USJames A. Haley Veterans' Hospital · USOregon Health & Science University · USPatient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute · USUniversity of Pittsburgh · USUPMC Center for High Value Health Care · USYale University · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The capacity of electronic health records (EHRs) to capture desired information depends on the practices of health care providers. These practices have not been well studied in relation to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This qualitative study investigated how providers write EHR notes on PTSD through 38 interviews with providers working at five Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals across the United States of America. Two overarching themes were prominent in the results. Providers used progress notes primarily to remember and access details for direct patient care, but only rarely for care coordination. Providers infrequently recorded information not judged to directly contribute to improved care, sometimes deliberately omitting information perceived to jeopardize patients' access to, or quality of, care. Omitted information frequently included sexual or non-military trauma. Understanding providers' thought processes can help clinicians be aware of the limitations of EHR notes as a tool for learning the histories of new patients. Similarly, researchers relying on EHR data for PTSD research should be aware of likely areas of missing data.

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Electronic Health RecordsPractice Patterns, Physicians'HumansStress Disorders, Post-TraumaticUnited StatesUnited States Department of Veterans AffairsVeterans

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PMID26228929
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