Abstract
Background and Purpose: When stroke patients arrive to the hospital, it is imperative to have a clear picture of what occurred during transport from home, scene or other facility. The stroke team encountered difficulties in obtaining emergency medical services (EMS) run sheets in real time. We also found that these records, even when obtained, were often not scanned into the electronic medical record (EMR). Methods: We created a plan of action with our ED Stroke Champions, which involved development of an automated system to streamline the process of the run sheet scanning into EMR. In December 2019 barcode scanning devices were purchased and placed in the ED to facilitate this process. Ongoing education of the new process was conducted via email to notify our EMS partners of these changes, as well as face to face discussions whenever possible. Laminated color copies of the visual aide were posted at the central scanner location and in the EMS room in the ED. The process was that the EMS partners would:•receive the patient’s medical record number with barcode•stop at a central scanner•send the EMS run sheet directly into the EMR This process began on December 16, 2019. Three days before, another email went out to all EMS partners describing the process with a visual aide. Laminated color copies of the visual aide were posted at the central scanner location and in the EMS room in the ED. Results: In November 2019, 20 eligible ground EMS run sheets were sent to the Medical Records department for EMR scanning. After review, 13 (65%) were found scanned into the EMR. A review of January-July 2020 showed the following eligible scanned run sheets into EMR.•January 2020, 1 out of 21 (4.5%)•February 2020, 4 out of 26 (1.5%)•March 2020, 2 out of 17 (12%)•April 2020, 5 out of 15 (33%)•May 2020, 12 out of 18 (67%)•June 2020, 7 out of 7 (100%) Conclusions: With implementation of an automated process, significant improvement has been seen in obtaining and scanning run sheets. This will lead to better decision making regarding acute treatments in stroke patients.
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