Special Requirements of Electronic Health Record Systems in Pediatrics: Clinical Report
Pediatricians' use of electronic health record (EHR) systems has become nearly ubiquitous in the United States, yet many systems lack full functionality to deliver effective and efficient pediatric care. This clinical report seeks to provide a compendium of core pediatric functionality of importance to child health care providers that may serve as the focus for EHR developers and clinicians as they evaluate their EHR needs. Also reviewed are important but less critical functions, any of which might be of importance in a specific pediatric context. The major areas described here are immunization management, growth and development, social drivers of health tracking, decision support for orders, patient identification, data normalization, privacy, and system functionality standards in pediatric contexts.
Authors
- Srinivasan Suresh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1717-7593)
- Juan D. Chaparro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8073-8894)
- David Chartash (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0265-330X)
- Eli M. Lourie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3141-3900)
- Brandan P. Kennedy
- Marvin B. Harper (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1385-0218)
- Lindsay A. Stevens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6083-4822)
- Heather O’Donnell
- Christoph U. Lehmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9559-4646)
- S. Andrew Spooner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0085-6525)
- Lisa Krams
- Kevin R. Dufendach
- Francis K.L. Chan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7388-2436)
- Andrew M. Wiesenthal
- Melissa Sarah Van Cain
- Kathryn Cheek
Institutions
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (US)
- Council on Social Work Education (US)
- InferVision (China) (CN)
- University of Cincinnati (US)
- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PEDIATRICS
- Published
- 2024-09-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2024-068509
- Citations
- 7
- Primary Topic
- Electronic Health Records Systems
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.95