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PubMed1990

Ibuprofen-associated renal impairment in a large general internal medicine practice.

The authors determined the incidence of ibuprofen-associated renal impairment and risk factors for its development in 1908 patients treated with ibuprofen using data from a computerized medical records system. Renal impairment occurred in 343 patients (18%). Multivariable analysis revealed six independent predictors of renal impairment: age, prior renal insufficiency, coronary artery disease, male gender, elevated systolic blood pressure, and diuretic use. They then tested the degree to which ibuprofen contributed to the development of renal impairment by evaluating a control group of 3933 acetaminophen recipients. Neither ibuprofen nor acetaminophen was among the independent predictors of risk when all patients were considered (adjusted odds ratio, 1.05; 95% Cl, 0.88-1.26). However, two subsets of at risk patients had an ibuprofen effect: patients greater than or equal to 65 years of age who received ibuprofen were at greater risk of renal impairment as compared to acetaminophen recipients (adjusted odds ratio, 1.34; 95% Cl, 1.05 to 1.72) as were patients with coronary artery disease (adjusted odds ratio, 2.54; 95% Cl, 1.38 to 4.68). Their results suggest that elderly patients and patients with coronary artery disease are at risk for ibuprofen-associated renal impairment and therefore should have their renal function monitored when ibuprofen and possibly other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are prescribed.

Acetaminophen↗
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Nutrition in chronic heart failure with coexisting chronic kidney disease.

BACKGROUND AND RESEARCH OBJECTIVES: Patients with heart failure (HF) may be predisposed to malnutrition. Little is known about the nutritional status of patients with HF, particularly patients who have coexisting major medical conditions such as chronic kidney disease. The purposes of this study were to (1) describe the nutritional status of 211 patients with chronic HF, (2) examine relationships between nutrition variables and health-related quality of life, and (3) evaluate the nutritional status of the subset of HF patients with coexisting chronic kidney disease. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: The sample included 211 patients with chronic HF recruited for a larger study about health-related quality of life. Clinical data were retrieved retrospectively from the computerized medical records system at the study site. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: Mean body mass index of the 122 patients for which height was available was 31.4, and no differences in body mass index were noted among patients with varying New York Heart Association class functional status. Evaluation of the mean laboratory values indicated that patients had abnormal elevations of serum glucose, hemoglobin A1C, creatinine, and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol. Higher hemoglobin A1C levels were significantly correlated with poorer health-related quality-of-life scores, although the magnitude of the correlations was modest. Estimated glomerular filtration rate indicated that 54 (27%) of the HF patients likely had coexisting chronic kidney disease, and these patients had significantly lower serum albumin and worsening anemia. The results indicate the need for future prospective studies that incorporate evaluation of nutritional status and the ways in which coexisting chronic kidney disease influences outcomes.

Adult↗
PubMed2000

Nurses--yes, nurses--improve physician order entry.

Automated physician order entry systems can reduce medication errors and improve patient outcomes. But there are a variety of barriers--psychological, behavioral and technological--to physician adoption. Nursing not only has a stake in this issue, but plays a valuable role in resolving it.

Forms and Records Control↗
PubMed2002

E-scribing: more realistic than ever.

Electronic medication administration and prescription offer caregivers one strategy to reduce medication errors. Advances in bar coding, robotics, and wireless technology, and sophisticated clinical decision support systems are paving the way.

Decision Support Techniques↗
PubMed2002

Patient safety: a tale of two systems.

Patient safety remains a major issue for health care delivery systems and the American public. One community hospital has kept pace with this issue using traditional quality management approaches. A national multihospital health care system has leveraged its electronic medical record system to facilitate data collection and analysis of events impacting patient safety. The article describes both approaches for addressing the complex issues surrounding patient safety.

Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Systems↗
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Community hospital successfully implements eRecord and CPOE.

Despite media attention on converting the nation's paper-based medical record systems to electronic systems, few hospitals, and even fewer community hospitals, have done so. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center St. Margaret has converted to a comprehensive electronic health record system, known as eRecord, in a short time. The authors describe key factors that were critical to the success of the conversion, along with positive results on quality of care.

Benchmarking↗
PubMed2002

Clinical information systems and the electronic medical record in the intensive care unit.

The integration of computers into critical care is by no means a new concept. Clinical information systems have evolved in the critical care setting over the past three decades. Their use by critical care healthcare providers has increased exponentially in the past few years. More recently, with the advent of the electronic medical record, clinicians in the ICU may obtain and share useful information both bedside and remotely. Clinical information systems and the electronic medical record in the ICU have the potential to improve medical record movement problems, to improve quality and coherence of the patient care process, to automate guidelines and care pathways, and to assist in clinical care and research, outcome management, and process improvement. In this article, we provide some historical background on the clinical information system and the electronic medical record and describe their current utilization in the ICU and their role in the practice of critical care medicine in decades to come.

Decision Support Systems, Clinical↗
PubMed2005

Trends in clinic visits and diagnosed Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections after the introduction of a copayment in a sexually transmitted infection clinic.

BACKGROUND: To meet their sexually transmitted infection (STI) control mission, STI clinics most often offer services at no or minimal cost to clients. However, there is little knowledge about the effects of charging service fees on clinic attendance and STI identification. As a result of budget shortfalls, a clinic fee of 15 US dollars for Denver residents (up to 65 US dollars for nonresidents) was introduced in the Denver Metro Health (STI) Clinic (DMHC) in December 2002. We evaluated the effects of the fee on clinic utilization and diagnosed Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) and Neisseria gonorrhoeae (GC) infections. METHODS: Using the DMHC computerized medical record system, we compared clinic visits and CT/GC diagnoses between the first 3 quarters of 2002 and 2003. We also compared CT/GC cases reported by DMHC with those reported by other Denver providers during 2002 and 2003. RESULTS: Compared with 2002, there were 3250 fewer visits (-28.5%) to DMHC in 2003 with no variance across quarters. CT diagnoses declined by 427 cases (-28.1%), disproportionately affecting women (-40%) and those under 20 (-42%). In addition, there were 332 fewer GC diagnoses (-38.1%) with no clear demographic preponderance. Although there were some decreases in non-DMHC CT/GC reports, the ratio of DMHC to non-DMHC reports declined from 0.42 to 0.33 (-21.4%) for CT and from 0.94 to 0.61 (-35.1%) for GC. CONCLUSIONS: Even a modest fee for service appears to have a major impact on the use of STI clinic services and may result in a significant effect on the ability to diagnose CT/GC infections, especially among those at highest risk.

Adult↗
PubMed1996

Clinical benchmarking: results into practice.

Describes the way benchmarking data are used in a district general hospital to influence clinical practice. Wirral Hospital Trust is a site for the Electronic Patient Record Project; as such there is a large amount of patient based data available for research and internal benchmarking. Includes working examples of internal benchmarking which have been used by both clinicians and hospital management to improve hospital effectiveness. Discusses the ways in which this information is being used to develop initiatives such as clinical pathway development.

Critical Pathways↗