Computerized Electronic Order Set: Use and Outcomes for Heart Failure Following Hospitalization.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Quality improvement initiatives improve health care delivery but may be resource intensive and disrupt clinical care. An embedded heart failure order set (HFOS) within a computerized physician order-entry system may mitigate these concerns.

Methods

An HFOS, based on proven interventions, was implemented within an existing computerized physician order-entry system in all adult acute-care hospitals in a single Canadian metropolitan city and interrogated between January 1, 2013 and December 31, 2015. The composite of repeat hospitalization or death within 30 days of hospital discharge and hospital length of stay were reported.

Results

In total, 8969 patients were included with mean age 75.6 ± 13.5 years; 4673 (52.1%) were male. The HFOS was used in 731 (8.2%)

SUBMITTER: Miller RJH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7710943 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature