Developing and Using Valid Clinical Quality Metrics for HIT with HIE. Grant Final Report

摘要

The purpose of this project was to develop, validate, test and use a set of quality metrics that can be retrieved electronically and is appropriate for the types of improvements in quality that health information technology (HIT), namely electronic health records (EHRs), with health information exchange (HIE) may contribute in an ambulatory care setting. The four specific aims of the project were: 1) To develop a modified set of quality metrics that can be retrieved electronically and is sensitive to the types of improvements in quality that HIT and HIE may contribute in an ambulatory care setting, 2) To validate the modified metric set with a national expert panel, 3) To test the reliability of electronic retrieval of the modified quality metric set, and 4) To use the modified quality metric set to evaluate the long-term effects of using HIT with HIE on improving health care quality.