Introduction: The Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries symposium: “Electronic Health Records and Knowledge-based Information: State-of-the-art and Roles for Libraries in Health Information Technology”

James A Curtis

doi:10.3163/1536-5050.98.3.004

Abstract

Introduction: The Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries symposium: “Electronic Health Records and Knowledge-based Information: State-of-the-art and Roles for Libraries in Health Information Technology”

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The Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries symposium: ‘‘Electronic Health Records and Knowledge-based Information: State-of-the-art and Roles for Libraries in Health Information Technology’’James A
The certification criteria and standards do not require that electronic health record (EHR) be linked to or include actual evidence from the literature of the health sciences
They do mention ‘‘clinical decision support systems’’ (CDSS or CDS) as a required capability or feature of EHRs within the adoption window of 2011 to 2015, but they do not specify that such systems be evidence based

Summary

INTRODUCTION

The Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries symposium: ‘‘Electronic Health Records and Knowledge-based Information: State-of-the-art and Roles for Libraries in Health Information Technology’’. The ONC launched an effort to define ‘‘meaningful use’’ and to develop standards and certification criteria that EHR systems would have to meet At this writing, the certification criteria and standards and the process for implementing them are not final, but incentive payments to providers for meaningful use of EHRs are set to begin in 2011. The certification criteria and standards do not require that EHRs be linked to or include actual evidence from the literature of the health sciences They do mention ‘‘clinical decision support systems’’ (CDSS or CDS) as a required capability or feature of EHRs within the adoption window of 2011 to 2015, but they do not specify that such systems be evidence based. The high-profile discussion of the use of EHRs has created an environment that, perhaps more that ever before, presents opportunities for health sciences libraries to participate more actively and essentially in the clinical enterprise in their institutions

THE ASSOCIATION OF ACADEMIC HEALTH SCIENCES LIBRARIES SYMPOSIUM

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