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Incorporating occupational information in electronic health records : letter report /

"Each year in the United States, more than 4,000 occupational fatalities and more than 3 million occupational injuries occur along with more than 160,000 cases of occupational illnesses. Incorporating patients' occupational information into electronic health records (EHRs) could lead to mo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores Corporativos: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Occupational Information and Electronic Health Records, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Otros Autores: Wegman, David H.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington DC : National Academies Press, ©2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Letter to NIOSH
  • Study Process
  • Background
  • Occupational morbidity and mortality
  • EHR use and incentives for meaningful use
  • Benefits of Incorporating Occupational Information in the EHR
  • Improve quality, safety, and efficiency of care and reduce health disparities
  • Engage patients and families in their health care
  • Improve care coordination
  • Improve population and public health
  • Ensure adequate privacy and security protections for personal health information
  • Feasibility
  • Current environment and technical considerations for each
  • Occupational data element
  • Cross-cutting challenges and opportunities
  • Initial requirements and information modeling
  • Conclusions
  • Recommendations
  • Initial focus on occupation, industry, and work-relatedness data elements
  • Enhance the value and use of occupational information in the HER.