Incorporating Occupational Information in Electronic Health Records. Letter Report

摘要

In early 2011, NIOSH requested that the IOM conduct a study to examine the rationale and feasibility of incorporating occupational1 infor-mation into EHRs and to develop recommendations on next steps for NIOSH and other partners to achieve this goal (see Box 2). This letter report and its recommendations contribute to a larger effort to ensure widespread adoption and meaningful use of EHRs in health care, which has been prompted by incentives that were created by the HITECH Act of 2009. This study was conducted by the 11-member ad hoc IOM Committee on Occupational Information and Electronic Health Records. The committee included members with expertise in occupational medicine, electronic health records, primary care, public health, biomedical informatics, information technology, and epidemiology (see Appendix C for committee biosketches). Over the course of the study, the committee held three meetings to gather and review available information, plan and conduct a public workshop, and draft and refine this reports recommendations.