RESOURCE: Integrating EHR with medical education for improved care
Physicians and other healthcare providers are mandated to complete anywhere from 12 to 50 hours of continuing medical education (CME) yearly. The problem is that few clinicians know whether those hours of education have a meaningful impact on real-world patient outcomes. In other words, does learning a new diagnostic strategy or treatment option, for example, lead to patients living healthier lives with fewer medical complications?
We can do a better job of understanding the correlation between CME and better patient outcomes today. Utilization of electronic health record (EHR) systems to integrate clinical data analytics and CME will facilitate more prescriptive education designed to specifically meet gaps in knowledge and care while improving patient outcomes. Moreover, we can better design extended curriculums that best serve a clinician’s interest and define clinical care gaps by particular patient populations.
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Written by Brian S McGowan, PhD
Dr. McGowan has served in leadership positions in numerous medical educational organizations and commercial supporters and is a Fellow of the Alliance (FACEhp). He founded the Outcomes Standardization Project, launched and hosted the Alliance Podcast, and most recently launched and hosts the JCEHP Emerging Best Practices in CPD podcast. In 2012 he Co-Founded ArcheMedX, Inc, a healthcare informatics and e-learning company to apply his research in practice.
