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- Title
Moving toward multimedia electronic health records: how do we get there?
- Authors
Seto, Belinda; Friedman, Charles
- Abstract
This report, based on a workshop jointly sponsored the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Biomedical Engineering and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, examines the role and value of images as multimedia data in electronic health records (EHRs). The workshop, attended by a wide range of stakeholders, was motivated in part by the absence of image data from discussions of meaningful use of health information technology. Collectively, the workshop presenters and participants argued that images are not ancillary data and should be central to health information systems to facilitate clinical decisions and higher quality, efficiency, and safety of care. They emphasized that the imaging community has already developed standards that form the basis of interoperability. Despite the apparent value of images, workshop participants also identified challenges and barriers to their implementation within EHRs. Weighing the opportunities and challenges, workshop participants provided their perspectives on possible paths forward toward fully multimedia EHRs.
- Subjects
ELECTRONIC health records; NATIONAL Institute of Biomedical Imaging &; Bioengineering (U.S.); UNITED States. Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology; MEDICAL decision making; MEDICAL standards; INFORMATION technology
- Publication
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 2012, Vol 19, Issue 4, p503
- ISSN
1067-5027
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1136/amiajnl-2011-000660