HIT: Replacing the Missing Link Between Community Health Care and Public Health

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HIT:Replacing the Missing Link

Between Community Health Care and Public Health

Neil S. Calman, MD

The Institute for Urban Family Health

New York City

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Institute for Urban Family Health

• Institute for Urban Family Health – 11 Community Health Centers – – 7 in Bronx, 3 in Manhattan, 6 in Mid-Hudson Valley– 8 homeless healthcare sites in Manhattan– 2 School based health centers– 2 Family Practice Residency Training programs– 250,000 primary care visits / 105,000 patients

• Fully paperless since September 2002• Epic (Verona, Wisconsin) EHR / PMS

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It is Impossible to Deliver

State-of-the-artHealth Care

without an EHR

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Community Health Centers are a Vital Part of our Nation’s

Public Health System

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FAMILY HEALTH Single patient visit yields complex EHR data

• Patient Address• Race / Age / Gender• Medical history

• Provider Location• Reason for visit• Problem list

• Temperature• Height/weight• Respirations

• Procedures• Medications• Lab results• Diagnoses

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Respiratory Syndrome

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Institute patient fevers peaked 13 days before ER visits for Fever and Flu – this indicates that health center data may be the first “signal” of an impending epidemic.

Patients of the Institute for Urban Family Health

Institute fever data responded to Flu B outbreak-ED data did not

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Community Health Centers can expand knowledge about the community’s

health and use that information to improve its

care of patients

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Provider Patient

Cough!

Step 1: EHR institution to public health agency – clinical encounters

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Step 2: Public health agency to EHR institution - epidemiologic awareness

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DOH receives signal of outbreak of respiratory illness

Practice Alert in EHR for age < 18 yo, cough/fever requests provider to do full cultures and call DOH for immediate pick-up and ID by DOH lab => message in EHR supports Dx of future pts

Cough

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Few Measurable Quality Improvements Come

from EHRs –Almost All are Facilitated

by EHRs and Cost Real $$$$$

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HgbA1c Progress

Average A1c for Past 12 Months

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10 Take New York Indicators

1. Have a Regular Doctor or Other Health Care Provider

2. Be Tobacco-Free3. Keep Your Heart Healthy4. Know Your HIV Status5. Get Help for Depression6. Live Free of Dependence on Alcohol and Drugs7. Get Checked for Cancer8. Get the Immunizations You Need9. Make Your Home Safe and Healthy10. Have a Healthy Baby

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recorded quit date and date of last status

update

FORMER SMOKER BPA PATHWAY

Was last quit date within past 2 years

(or null)?

Was last status update < 90 days ago?

Was last update > 12 months ago?

No BPA activated

NO

YES

NO

BPA #4b: "Update Smoking Status"

YES

BPA #4a: "Update Smoking Status"

NO

Clinician clicks status radio button and clicks verify

button

Was current status updated and verified?

NO. BPA not satisfied.

NO

Store status update

verification date.

YES

BPA satisfied

Clinician clicks status radio button and clicks verify

button

Was current status updated and verified?

BPA #4a not satisfied.

NO

BPA #4a satisfied

Relapse prevention counseling in past 90 days OR quit date > 12 months

ago?

STOP YES

YES

BPA #5: "Review relapse prevention

interventions" NO

Congratulation, you've been tobacco-free for ___ days!

Offer relapse prevention literature.Review current treatment plan

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Clinical Decision Support – Tobacco Best Practice Alert

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Patients Seen at Least Once by Their Primary Care Provider

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Men >35; Women>45 Who have had their cholesterol tested

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Men >35; Women>45 Who have had their cholesterol tested

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FAMILY HEALTHDepression Screen with PHQ2

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FAMILY HEALTHDepression Screen with PHQ2

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FAMILY HEALTHRecorded Substance Abuse Hx

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FAMILY HEALTH Recorded Substance Abuse Hx

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FAMILY HEALTHPneumococcal Vaccine >65yrs old

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FAMILY HEALTHPneumococcal Vaccine >65yrs old

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Provider Nutritionist Referral Rate vs. Pts Average HgBA1c

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New opportunities emerge to get

information about racial disparities in

health outcomes

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Last Hemoglobin A1c by Race

White 7.03

n=423

Black 7.44

n=2122

Latino 7.86

n=1555

Asian 7.12n=76

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Power to the People

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What will the future bring …?

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Its just the beginning …..