Clinical informatics accelerates health system adaptation to the COVID-19 pandemic: examples from Colorado.

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA
Chen-Tan LinJonathan Pell

Abstract

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. A team of 30 physician and 17 nurse informaticists with an electronic health record (EHR) and associated informatics tools. 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. During the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the UCHealth Joint Informatics Group applied a strategy of "practical informatics" to rapidly translate critical leadersh...Continue Reading

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Feb 22, 2021·Journal of Biomedical Informatics·Sylvia E K SudatAlice R Pressman
Jul 1, 2021·Journal of Clinical and Translational Science·Richard J BookmanNick F Tsinoremas
Sep 4, 2021·Yearbook of Medical Informatics·J Jeffery ReevesChristopher A Longhurst

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