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ArticleEpilepsia open2021

Creation and implementation of an electronic health record note for quality improvement in pediatric epilepsy: Practical considerations and lessons learned.

Jeffrey R Buchhalter, Morris H Scantlebury, Sabrina D'Alfonso, Juan Pablo Appendino, Luis Bello Espinosa, Brian L Brooks, Curtis Claassen, Jane Corbeil, David Czank, Stafford Dean and 14 more

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Article in Epilepsia open, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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24 authors.

Jeffrey R BuchhalterDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-6807-8328
Morris H ScantleburyDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Sabrina D'AlfonsoDepartments of Pediatrics and Neurosciences University of California San Diego (UCSD), San Diego, CA, USA.
Juan Pablo AppendinoDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-1112-7002
Luis Bello EspinosaDepartment of Pediatrics and Neurosciences, Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, Orland Health, Orlando, FL, USA.
Brian L BrooksDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Curtis ClaassenDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Jane CorbeilDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
David CzankDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Stafford DeanData & Analytics, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Alice W HoDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Julia JacobsDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Maarit MackayData & Analytics, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Joka McMahonDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Aleksandra MineykoDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Jong M RhoDepartments of Pediatrics and Neurosciences University of California San Diego (UCSD), San Diego, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9886-9924
Trina RobertsData & Analytics, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Sonia RothenmundDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Gary RutaData & Analytics, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Tyson SawchukDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-7197-0221
Brett A SimmsData & Analytics, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Kim SmythDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Tammy StillDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Nancy ThorntonFaculty of Nursing, University of Calgar, Calgary, AB, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo describe the development of the Pediatric Epilepsy Outcome-Informatics Project (PEOIP) at Alberta Children's Hospital (ACH), which was created to provide standardized, point-of-care data entry; near-time data analysis; and availability of outcome dashboards as a baseline on which to pursue quality improvement.

methodsStakeholders involved in the PEOIP met weekly to determine the most important outcomes for patients diagnosed with epilepsy, create a standardized electronic note with defined fields (patient demographics, seizure and syndrome type and frequency and specific outcomes- seizure type and frequency, adverse effects, emergency department visits, hospitalization, and care pathways for clinical decision support. These were embedded in the electronic health record from which the fields were extracted into a data display platform that provided patient- and population-level dashboards updated every 36 hours. Provider satisfaction and family experience surveys were performed to assess the impact of the standardized electronic note.

resultsIn the last 5 years, 3,245 unique patients involving 13, 831 encounters had prospective, longitudinal, standardized epilepsy data accrued via point-of-care data entry into an electronic note as part of routine clinical care. A provider satisfaction survey of the small number of users involved indicated that the vast majority believed that the note makes documentation more efficient. A family experience survey indicated that being provided with the note was considered "valuable" or "really valuable" by 86% of respondents and facilitated communication with family members, school, and advocacy organizations. SIGNIFICANCE: The PEOIP serves as a proof of principle that information obtained as part of routine clinical care can be collected in a prospective, standardized, efficient manner and be used to construct filterable process/outcome dashboards, updated in near time (36 hours). This information will provide the necessary baseline data on which multiple of QI projects to improve meaningful outcomes for children with epilepsy will be based.

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Electronic Health RecordsEpilepsyChildDocumentationHumansProspective StudiesQuality ImprovementEHRelectronic health recordepilepsyinformaticsQIquality improvement

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PMID34033240
PMCPMC8166802

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