![4 Solution Facilitating Improvements in the System of Care for Heart Attack Patients using Health Information Technology Mandi Taveechai & Chelsea Stovall The University of Texas at Austin Health Information Technology Summer Certificate Program Contact info: Mandi Taveechai ataveechai@yahoo.com 832-576-0490 Chelsea Stovall chelseastovall@gmail.com 817-896-7826 1 Problem Statement 5 Future System In the current system of care that provides treatment to patients who have suffered from heart attacks, many barriers can hinder high quality patient care, such as: ,[object Object]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/stovalltaveechaiposter1-100729213532-phpapp01/85/Quality-Improvement-with-Health-IT-1-320.jpg)
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- 2. Hospital can not obtain accurate health record when patient arrives.
- 3. Lack of interaction between primary and secondary/tertiary care physicians, which inhibits communication of assessments, medications and recommendations between doctors.
- 4. Variable adherence among physicians to guidelines.Heart attacks are currently a leading cause of death for both men and women in the United States. A more efficient and effective system of care can be created through the use of health information technology. 2 Current System Patient portals allow patients to manage their disease 3 Discussion Defibrillator alerts doctor when event occurs. EMT transmit vitals and EKG results via Bluetooth to ER doctor. We determined the current problems in the clinical management of heart attack patients by researching the medical literature and interviewing primary care physicians, cardiologists, as well as patients and their families. The barriers to quality care can be broken by incorporating health information technology to current systems of care. By applying health information technology to the treatment of heart attack patients, communication can be improved, errors reduced, inefficiencies minimized, and quality care improved. Teleconferencing between ER doctor and cardiologist. References * Arkontaky, John. “Bluetooth EMS Units Streamline Cardiovascular Intervention.” electronic design. N.p., 5 July 2007. Web. 24 July 2010. <http://electronicdesign.com/article/communications/bluetooth-ems-units-streamline-cardiovascular-inte.aspx>. Bates, David. “Physicians And Ambulatory Electronic Health Records.” Health Affairs 24 (Sept.-Oct. 2005): 1180-1189.. Garg, Amit X., et al. “Effects of Computerized Clinical Decision Support Systems on Practitioner Performance and Patient Outcomes: A Systematic Review.” JAMA 293 (Mar. 2005): 1223-1238. Rubel, Paul, et al. “Toward personal eHealth in cardiology.” Journal of Electrocardiology. Results from the EPI-MEDICS telemedicine project 38 (June 2005): 100-106. Subramanian, Usha, et. al. “A controlled trial of including symptom data in computer-based care suggestions for managing patients with chronic heart failure.” The American Journal of Medicine 116 (Mar. 2004): 375-384. Tarn, Derjung M., et al. “Physician communication when prescribing new medications.” Archives of Internal Medicine 166 (Sept. 2006): 1855. Wu, Jionglin, Jason Roy, and Walter F. Stewart. “Prediction Modeling Using EHR Data.” Medical Care 48 (June 2010): 106-113. Zeymer, U. "Secondary Prevention in Outpatients with Coronary Artery Disease." 12 Nov. 2007. PubMed. Medline. <www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17972241>. Acknowledgements: Thank you to Ms. Jane Osmond from the Texas Department of Health & State Services, to the doctors and patients who we interviewed.