The Journey to Electronic Performance Measurement
Authors: Helen Burstin
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2013)

Editorials15 January 2013The Journey to Electronic Performance MeasurementHelen Burstin, MD, MPHHelen Burstin, MD, MPHFrom National Quality Forum, Washington, DC.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-158-2-201301150-00009 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail Electronic health records (EHRs) have been heralded as the panacea for improving the quality and consistency of care. Using data electronically captured during and across the continuum of care delivery to measure performance holds the potential for less burdensome, timelier reporting. This potential is not yet fully realized, but “meaningful use” incentives aim to move the nation to adopt EHRs that can support both performance measurement and quality improvement.At the start of the journey to electronic measures, the focus has been on retooling existing measures designed for paper charts or claims data for EHRs. Ideally, we will move toward ...References1. Kern LM, Malhotra S, Barrón Y, Quaresimo J, Dhopeshwarkar R, Pichardo M, et al. Accuracy of electronically reported “meaningful use” clinical quality measures. A cross-sectional study. Ann Intern Med. 2013;158:77-83. LinkGoogle Scholar2. National Quality Forum. Guidance for Measure Testing and Evaluating Scientific Acceptability of Measure Properties. January 2011. Accessed at www.qualityforum.org/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=59116 on 5 December 2012. Google Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: From National Quality Forum, Washington, DC.Disclosures: None disclosed. Forms can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=M12-2995.Corresponding Author: Helen Burstin, MD, MPH, National Quality Forum, 1030 15th Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20005; e-mail, [email protected]. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoAccuracy of Electronically Reported “Meaningful Use” Clinical Quality Measures Lisa M. Kern , Sameer Malhotra , Yolanda Barrón , Jill Quaresimo , Rina Dhopeshwarkar , Michelle Pichardo , Alison M. Edwards , and Rainu Kaushal Metrics Cited ByTechnology and Transparency: Empowering Patients and Clinicians to Improve Health Care ValueSuzanne Delbanco, PhD and Tom Delbanco, MDIn pursuit of empirically supported assessment for use in medical settings.Emergency Department Diagnostic Imaging: The Journey to QualityDissemination of Health Technology AssessmentDigital Drugse-Measures: insight into the challenges and opportunities of automating publicly reported quality measuresElectronic Medical Records and Quality of Cancer Care 15 January 2013Volume 158, Issue 2Page: 131-132KeywordsBlood pressureChartsElectronic medical recordsInformation storage and retrievalNatural language processingQuality improvementReproducibilityResearch reporting guidelinesVaccines ePublished: 15 January 2013 Issue Published: 15 January 2013 CopyrightCopyright © 2013 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF DownloadLoading ...