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- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Copyright
- American Medical Informatics Association
- ISSN
- 1067-5027
- eISSN
- 1527-974X
- DOI
- 10.1197/jamia.M1944
- pmid
- 16501182
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
AbstractElectronic health record (EHR) systems are increasingly being adopted in pediatric practices; however, requirements for integrated growth charts are poorly described and are not standardized in current systems. The authors integrated growth chart functionality into an EHR system being developed and installed in a multispecialty pediatric clinic in an academic medical center. During a three-year observation period, rates of electronically documented values for weight, stature, and head circumference increased from fewer than ten total per weekday, up to 488 weight values, 293 stature values, and 74 head circumference values (p < 0.001 for each measure). By the end of the observation period, users accessed the growth charts an average 175 times per weekday, compared to 127 patient visits per weekday to the sites that most closely monitored pediatric growth. Because EHR systems and integrated growth charts can manipulate data, perform calculations, and adapt to user preferences and patient characteristics, users may expect greater functionality from electronic growth charts than from paper-based growth charts.
Journal
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association – Oxford University Press
Published: May 1, 2006