Slide Presentation from the AHRQ 2007 Annual Conference

The system is heavily used

• Over 250 users
  • ED Staff including clinicians, registrars, and unit secretaries
  • Recently—hospitalists
  • Future—adjacent states, ambulatory settings
  • Between 70 and 95 percent of registered users used the system last month
  • Since May, 2006, 900,000 encounters; more than 80,000 lab tests per day
• Our goal is 100% use
  • Records are currently sought on about 40% of ED visitors
  • For these visitors between 30 and 60% have information from other sites
• Anecdotally, our system affects care
  • Impact on patients with chest pain
  • Avoidance of CTs and MRIs
  • Avoidance of admissions