Julia Adler-Milstein1, Katherine Raphael2, Alice Bonner3, Leslie Pelton3, Terry Fulmer4. 1. Department of Medicine & Center for Clinical Informatics and Improvement Research, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA. 2. Department of Health Policy, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. 3. Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. 4. John A. Hartford Foundation, New York City, New York, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To measure US hospitals' adoption of electronic health record (EHR) functions that support care for older adults, focusing on structured documentation of the 4Ms (What Matters, Medication, Mentation, and Mobility) and electronic health information exchange/communication with patients, caregivers, and long-term care providers. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In an online survey of a national, random sample of 797 US acute-care hospitals in 2018-2019, 479 (60.1%) responded. We calculated nationally representative measures of the percentages of hospitals with EHRs that include structured documentation of the 4Ms and exchange/communications functions. RESULTS: Structured EHR documentation of the 4Ms was fully implemented in at least 1 unit in 64.0% of hospitals and across all units in 41.5% of hospitals. Of the 4Ms, structured documentation was the highest for medications (91.3% in at least 1 unit) and the lowest for mentation (70.3% in at least 1 unit). All exchange/communication functions had been implemented in at least 1 unit in 16.2% of facilities and across all units in 7.6% 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%). DISCUSSION: Despite significant national investment in EHRs, hospital EHRs do not yet include key documentation, exchange, and communication functions needed to support evidence-based care for the 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. CONCLUSIONS: US acute-care hospital EHRs are lacking key functions that support care for older adults.
OBJECTIVE: To measure US hospitals' adoption of electronic health record (EHR) functions that support care for older adults, focusing on structured documentation of the 4Ms (What Matters, Medication, Mentation, and Mobility) and electronic health information exchange/communication with patients, caregivers, and long-term care providers. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In an online survey of a national, random sample of 797 US acute-care hospitals in 2018-2019, 479 (60.1%) responded. We calculated nationally representative measures of the percentages of hospitals with EHRs that include structured documentation of the 4Ms and exchange/communications functions. RESULTS: Structured EHR documentation of the 4Ms was fully implemented in at least 1 unit in 64.0% of hospitals and across all units in 41.5% of hospitals. Of the 4Ms, structured documentation was the highest for medications (91.3% in at least 1 unit) and the lowest for mentation (70.3% in at least 1 unit). All exchange/communication functions had been implemented in at least 1 unit in 16.2% of facilities and across all units in 7.6% 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%). DISCUSSION: Despite significant national investment in EHRs, hospital EHRs do not yet include key documentation, exchange, and communication functions needed to support evidence-based care for the 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. CONCLUSIONS: US acute-care hospital EHRs are lacking key functions that support care for older adults.
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