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Web-Based Electronic Health Records Improve Data Completeness and Reduce Medical Discrepancies in Employee Vaccination Programs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Monica Salazar ,
Kaylan E. Stinson ,
Stefan H. Sillau ,
Linda Good  and
Lee S. Newman
Monica Salazar*
Affiliation:
Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado
Kaylan E. Stinson
Affiliation:
Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado
Stefan H. Sillau
Affiliation:
Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado
Linda Good
Affiliation:
Scripps Health, San Diego, California
Lee S. Newman
Affiliation:
Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado Axion Health, Denver, Colorado
*
2937 Champa Street, Unit 3, Denver, CO 80205 ([email protected])
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Abstract

A Web-based electronic health record (EHR) system was compared with traditional paper-based documentation and vaccination tracking during the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic. In a cohort of 8,411 healthcare network employees, EHRs improved completeness of self-reported contraindication data and reduced medical discrepancies. Vaccination program quality and accuracy are enhanced by EHRs.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2012;33(1):84-86

Type
Concise Communications
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 33 , Issue 1 , January 2012 , pp. 84 - 86
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2012

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