Meeting
Abstract Number: 286
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Electronic prescribing (eRx) at discharge enhances safety and quality of care transitions. It results in improved medication adherence and a decreased chance of readmission. Stage 3 Meaningful Use goals include discharge eRx rates of greater than 25%. As of September 2017, our large academic medical center had a year-to-date discharge eRx rate of 18.3%, […]
Abstract Number: 299
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Driven by meaningful use (MU) incentives, many safety net systems have adopted patient portals, which offer patients online access to their health information. Portal use correlates with increased engagement and better health outcomes, but there are many challenges to effectively engage patients and meet MU metrics in safety net settings. Purpose: We implemented a […]