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- Title
Clinical informatics accelerates health system adaptation to the COVID-19 pandemic: examples from Colorado.
- Authors
Lin, Chen-Tan; Bookman, Kelly; Sieja, Amber; Markley, Katie; Altman, Richard L; Sippel, Jeffrey; Perica, Katharine; Reece, Lori; Davis, Christopher; Horowitz, Edward; Pisney, Larissa; Sottile, Peter D; Kao, David; Adrian, Bonnie; Szkil, Melissa; Griffin, Julie; Youngwerth, Jeanie; Drew, Brendan; Pell, Jonathan
- Abstract
<bold>Objective: </bold>Large health systems responding to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic face a broad range of challenges; we describe 14 examples of innovative and effective informatics interventions.<bold>Materials and Methods: </bold>A team of 30 physician and 17 nurse informaticists with an electronic health record (EHR) and associated informatics tools.<bold>Results: </bold>To meet the demands posed by the influx of patients with COVID-19 into the health system, the team built solutions to accomplish the following goals: 1) train physicians and nurses quickly to manage a potential surge of hospital patients; 2) build and adjust interactive visual pathways to guide decisions; 3) scale up video visits and teach best-practice communication; 4) use tablets and remote monitors to improve in-hospital and posthospital patient connections; 5) allow hundreds of physicians to build rapid consensus; 6) improve the use of advance care planning; 7) keep clinicians aware of patients' changing COVID-19 status; 8) connect nurses and families in new ways; 9) semi-automate Crisis Standards of Care; and 10) predict future hospitalizations.<bold>Discussion: </bold>During the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the UCHealth Joint Informatics Group applied a strategy of "practical informatics" to rapidly translate critical leadership decisions into understandable guidance and effective tools for patient care.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>Informatics-trained physicians and nurses drew upon their trusted relationships with multiple teams within the organization to create practical solutions for onboarding, clinical decision-making, telehealth, and predictive analytics.
- Subjects
COLORADO; COVID-19 pandemic; COVID-19; MEDICAL informatics; NURSING informatics; PATIENT care; ELECTRONIC health records; PANDEMICS
- Publication
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 2020, Vol 27, Issue 12, p1955
- ISSN
1067-5027
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/jamia/ocaa171