TY - GEN
T1 - Utilizing electronic health record data to determine the health of the medication process after the relocation of a children's hospital
AU - Scharnweber, Corinna
AU - Mollenkopf, Nicole L.
AU - Fackler, James
AU - Dover, George J.
AU - Lehmann, Christoph U.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Hospital relocation is a highly complex undertaking, which has the potential to interrupt operations and poses risks for patients, staff, and providers. Little is known how hospital relocation impacts on workflow and communication. Methods: Using existing Electronic Health Record (EHR) data we determined time from medication ordering to first dose administration as a proxy for well-being of the medication process during a five months window surrounding the relocation of a 205-bed children's hospital. Results: Overall performance of the medication process has declined slightly. We identified regional (unit) differences with the pediatric intensive care unit, which had the most significant changes to its workflow, experiencing a more than doubling of the time from ordering to medication administration. Overall, there was no significant difference in time-sensitive medication administration times. Evaluating the medication ordering-dispensing-administration process through readily available EHR data demonstrated that the impact of a hospital' s relocation on workflow and communication can be successfully monitored.
AB - Hospital relocation is a highly complex undertaking, which has the potential to interrupt operations and poses risks for patients, staff, and providers. Little is known how hospital relocation impacts on workflow and communication. Methods: Using existing Electronic Health Record (EHR) data we determined time from medication ordering to first dose administration as a proxy for well-being of the medication process during a five months window surrounding the relocation of a 205-bed children's hospital. Results: Overall performance of the medication process has declined slightly. We identified regional (unit) differences with the pediatric intensive care unit, which had the most significant changes to its workflow, experiencing a more than doubling of the time from ordering to medication administration. Overall, there was no significant difference in time-sensitive medication administration times. Evaluating the medication ordering-dispensing-administration process through readily available EHR data demonstrated that the impact of a hospital' s relocation on workflow and communication can be successfully monitored.
KW - Decision Making
KW - Health Facility Moving/methods
KW - Health Facility Moving/organization & administration
KW - Hospitals
KW - Organizational
KW - Pediatric
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U2 - 10.3233/978-1-61499-289-9-210
DO - 10.3233/978-1-61499-289-9-210
M3 - Conference contribution
C2 - 23920546
AN - SCOPUS:84894379715
SN - 9781614992882
T3 - Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
SP - 210
EP - 214
BT - MEDINFO 2013 - Proceedings of the 14th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics
PB - IOS Press
T2 - 14th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics, MEDINFO 2013
Y2 - 20 August 2013 through 23 August 2013
ER -