Demonstration of an Analytic Process using Home Health Care Electronic Health Records: A Case Example Exploring the Prevalence of Patients with a Substance Use History and a Venous Access Device

IF 0.8 Q4 NURSING

Home Health Care Management and Practice Pub Date : 2021-06-01 DOI:10.1177/10848223211021840

H. Byon, Soojung Ahn, Virginia T. LeBaron, G. Yan, Ronald M. Grider, M. Crandall

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Abstract

Electronic health records (EHR) are an important, but underutilized source for home health care research and practice improvement. Although the use of EHR is more efficient than prospective data collection, an analysis of EHR data can be complex and time-consuming. To demonstrate the overall process, we describe a secondary analysis of EHR data that explored the prevalence of home health care patients with a substance use history (SUH) and a venous access device (VAD). We detail our process of EHR data extraction, management, and analysis to assist researchers and clinicians interested in similar work. The example analysis showed that that 10.6% of adult home health care patients had a SUH, 8.8% had a long-term VAD, and 1.3% had both. EHRs can be a valuable data source for home health care research and quality improvement projects, but a systematic and thoughtful strategy is needed to fully leverage their potential.

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使用家庭医疗电子健康记录演示分析过程：一个探索有药物使用史和静脉接入设备患者患病率的案例

电子健康记录（EHR）是家庭医疗保健研究和实践改进的一个重要但未充分利用的来源。尽管EHR的使用比前瞻性数据收集更有效，但EHR数据的分析可能复杂且耗时。为了证明整个过程，我们描述了对EHR数据的二次分析，该数据探讨了有药物使用史（SUH）和静脉接入设备（VAD）的家庭医疗保健患者的患病率。我们详细介绍了EHR数据提取、管理和分析的过程，以帮助对类似工作感兴趣的研究人员和临床医生。示例分析显示，10.6%的成年家庭医疗保健患者患有SUH，8.8%患有长期VAD，1.3%同时患有这两种疾病。EHR可以成为家庭医疗保健研究和质量改进项目的宝贵数据来源，但需要一个系统而周到的策略来充分利用其潜力。

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