JAMIA Article: Hospital Adoption of Electronic Health Record Functions to Support Age-Friendly Care: Results from a National Survey
The Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA) has published an article, "Hospital Adoption of Electronic Health Record Functions to Support Age-Friendly Care: Results from a National Survey," as part of a JAHF-supported study.
In this paper, the authors calculated nationally representative measures of the percentages of hospitals with EHRs that include structured documentation of the Age-Friendly Health Systems 4Ms (What Matters, Medication, Mentation, and Mobility) as well as exchange/communications functions with patients, caregivers, and long-term care providers. Structured EHR documentation of the 4Ms was fully implemented across all units in 41.5% of hospitals. Less than half of the hospitals had an EHR portal for long-term care facilities to access hospital information (45.4% in at least 1 unit), sent information electronically to long-term care facilities (44.6%), and had training for adults/caregivers on the patient portal (32.1%).
The authors conclude that despite significant national investment, hospital EHRs do not yet include key documentation, exchange, and communication functions needed to support evidence-based care for older adults who comprise the majority of the inpatient population. Additional policy efforts are likely needed to promote the expansion of EHR capabilities into these high-value domains.
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