ArticleBMJ open quality2017
Electronic medical record alert improves HCV testing for baby boomers in primary care setting: adults born during 1945-1965.
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The Referral to Hepatology Can be Improved Through an Electronic Medical Record (EMR)-Based Best Practice Alert (BPA) for an Appropriate Referral
Who cites it
11 citing papers in PubMed.
- Optimizing Hepatitis C Virus Antibody Testing Strategy and Setting: Results From a Large Real-World Screening Program.Open forum infectious diseases · 2026Article
- A Digital Case-Finding Algorithm for Diagnosed but Untreated Hepatitis C: A Tool for Increasing Linkage to Treatment and Cure.Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) · 2021Article
- Self-reported hepatitis C(HCV) testing among people living with human immunodeficiency virus (PLWH).Heliyon · 2021Article
- Clinical and economic impact of an alert system in primary care for the detection of patients with chronic hepatitis C.PloS one · 2021Article
- Assessing the Effectiveness of Strategies in US Birth Cohort Screening for Hepatitis C Infection.Journal of clinical and translational hepatology · 2020Review
- Electronic medical record alert activation increase hepatitis C and HIV screening rates in primary care practices within a large healthcare system.Preventive medicine reports · 2020Article
- Improving hepatitis C screening and diagnosis in patients born between 1945 and 1965 in a safety-net primary care clinic.BMJ open quality · 2019Article
- Use of a Hepatitis C Screening Order Set to Improve Screening Rates and Measure Intervention Effectiveness.PRiMER (Leawood, Kan.) · 2019Article
- Hepatitis C Virus Screening: Factors Associated With Test Completion in a Large Academic Health Care System.Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974)Article
- Improving Preventive Care for Children With Sickle Cell Anemia: A Quality Improvement Initiative.Pediatric quality & safetyArticle
- Room for Improvement: Rates of Birth Cohort Hepatitis C Screening in Primary Care Practices-A WWAMI Region Practice and Research Network Study.Journal of primary care & community healthObservational
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Abstract
methodThis project aims to implement the HCV birth cohort screening guidelines over a 9-month period in the primary care setting at the University of Kansas Health System General Internal Medicine Division. The project team measured the number of patients in the baby boomer population who received a one-time screen for HCV. An electronic medical record (EMR) intervention was implemented to identify baby boomers who did not have an HCV screening or diagnosis. Additionally, education was provided to all primary care providers in the clinic to increase awareness of the HCV birth cohort screening.
resultsThe quality improvement methods increased the percentage of baby boomers who obtained a one-time screening test for HCV from a baseline of 30% to a 55% screening rate during the nine-month project period.
conclusionIdentifying the HCV screening needs and creating a visual reminder in the EMR can be used to facilitate sustainable awareness and improvement of screening rates. The project team recognizes that continued work is required to close the HCV screening care gaps in the primary care setting.
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