Regardless of the scope of the app, if it generates meaningful support of the caregiver (which ultimately benefits the patient), it is a patient advocacy tool.
This post looks at documentation and coding in ICD-10 for people who typically are on prescribed antidepressants or anti-anxiolytics for something other than a formally diagnosed thought disorder.
HIEs have to talk to each other in order to source data across cities and states so that information can be where the corresponding patients are. The technical capability is alive and well. All we need are standards to facilitate the movement.
While perhaps the greatest emphasis of transition support needs to be focused on technical challenges, it is also important to address practical challenges, such as the EHR’s effect on the patient-physician encounter and relationship.
The incoming sea of data has great potential for improving patient and population health, but only if providers have efficient tools to intelligently identify and interpret the relevant information.
