Table 3 Main findings regarding the contribution of Electronic Health Records on the improvement of medical quality and health system
Study (Author, Year) | Main findings |
|---|---|
Vuppalapati et al. [22] | - Selfies taken for medical image purposes are valuable outpatient healthcare data assets that could provide new clinical insights - Diagnostics markers that could provide prognosis of a potential masked disease and necessitate actions to avert any emergency incidence - Improve overall health outcomes of people around the globe in a cost-effective manner that epitomizes the confluence of popularity with curiosity and sharing with accountability |
Bar-Dayan et al. [23] | - Positive net financial return from using an electronic medical record system - Referring patients to preferred providers from classes 1–3 was achieved without administrative staff aid. Increased efficiency by redirecting the administrative manpower engaged in this task to other goals - Using EHRs to direct referrals to preferred specialty care physicians, accompanied by a comprehensive physician education program, can play a significant role in facilitating effective utilization of healthcare providers and in lowering costs |
Lardon et al. [24] | - A business rule management system could be a good basis to implement a tool to help and check diagnosis codes - Development of rules based on EHR data with the Drools rules engine in order to support diagnosis coding of chronic kidney disease (CKD) |
Garnica et al. [25] | - Electronic health records were shown to help in the prognosis of bacteremia, involving early diagnosis for the provision of treatments to avoid complications and death - The three ML supervised classifiers create accurate predictive models of the blood culture outcome using hospital electronic health records |
Zaballa et al. [26] | - Identification of the actions in the health system associated with a disease - Identification of those patients with a complete treatment for the disease - Discovery of common treatment pathways followed by the patients with a specific diagnosis |
King et al. [27] | - Most physicians with EHRs reported EHR use enhanced patient care overall, helped them access a patient’s chart remotely, and alerted them to a potential medication error and critical lab values - EHR use was associated with clinical benefits related to providing recommended care, ordering appropriate tests, and facilitating patient communication |
Huang et al. [28] | - Timely and accurate prediction of major adverse cardiovascular events after acute coronary syndrome - Assist clinicians to pay more attention to high-risk patients and improve the quality and efficiency of care accordingly |
Linder et al. [29] | - This electronic health record–based intervention improved smoking status documentation and increased counseling assistance to smokers - There was also a suggestion that outcomes of care may have also improved |