A Health System's Pilot Experience with Using Social Knowledge Networking (SKN) Technology to Enable Meaningful Use of EHR Medication Reconciliation Technology.

ABSTRACT: Similar to issues faced in health systems across USA, AU Health, based in Augusta, Georgia, faced a scenario of low physician engagement in, and limited-use of its Electronic Health Record (EHR) Medication Reconciliation (MedRec) technology, which translated to high rates of medication discrepancies and low accuracy of the patient's active medication list, during transitions of care. In fall 2016, a two-year grant was secured from the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), to pilot a Social Knowledge Networking (SKN) system pertaining to "EHR-MedRec," to enable AU Health to progress from "limited use" of EHR MedRec technology, to "meaningful use." The rationale behind an SKN system, is that it could provide a platform for inter-professional knowledge exchange on practice i

SUBMITTER: Rangachari P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6813792 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature