TY - JOUR
T1 - The next-generation electronic health record
T2 - Perspectives of key leaders from the US department of veterans affairs
AU - Saleem, Jason J.
AU - Flanagan, Mindy E.
AU - Wilck, Nancy R.
AU - Demetriades, Jim
AU - Doebbeling, Bradley N.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - The rapid change in healthcare has focused attention on the necessary development of a next-generation electronic health record (EHR) to support system transformation and more effective patient-centered care. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is developing plans for the next-generation EHR to support improved care delivery for veterans. To understand the needs for a next-generation EHR, we interviewed 14 VA operational, clinical and informatics leaders for their vision about system needs. Leaders consistently identified priorities for development in the areas of cognitive support, information synthesis, teamwork and communication, interoperability, data availability, usability, customization, and information management. The need to reconcile different EHR initiatives currently underway in the VA, as well as opportunities for data sharing, will be critical for continued progress. These findings may support the VA's effort for evolutionary change to its information system and draw attention to necessary research and development for a next-generation information system and EHR nationally.
AB - The rapid change in healthcare has focused attention on the necessary development of a next-generation electronic health record (EHR) to support system transformation and more effective patient-centered care. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is developing plans for the next-generation EHR to support improved care delivery for veterans. To understand the needs for a next-generation EHR, we interviewed 14 VA operational, clinical and informatics leaders for their vision about system needs. Leaders consistently identified priorities for development in the areas of cognitive support, information synthesis, teamwork and communication, interoperability, data availability, usability, customization, and information management. The need to reconcile different EHR initiatives currently underway in the VA, as well as opportunities for data sharing, will be critical for continued progress. These findings may support the VA's effort for evolutionary change to its information system and draw attention to necessary research and development for a next-generation information system and EHR nationally.
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U2 - 10.1136/amiajnl-2013-001748
DO - 10.1136/amiajnl-2013-001748
M3 - Article
C2 - 23599227
AN - SCOPUS:84881338592
SN - 1067-5027
VL - 20
SP - e175-e177
JO - Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
JF - Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
IS - E1
ER -