Effective Clinical Practice
Contents
HMO INNOVATIONS
Telemedicine and Information Technology at the Veterans Administration Palo Alto Health Care System: Serving
Patient Care 87
Computer-Prompted Diabetes Care 90
A Managed Care Approach to High- Risk Screening and Case Management in the Elderly 93
INDEXES FOR 1998
Author Index 95
Subject Index 96
CLINICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS Special Editor, Allan T. Khoury, MD, PhD
The Computerized Patient Record: Somewhere over the Rainbow?
AT Khoury, Kaiser Permanente of Ohio
Many opportunities exist for computerized patient records to improve patient care. 49
Successful Implementation of a Comprehensive
Computer-Based Patient Record System in Kaiser Permanente Northwest: Strategy and Experience
HL Chin and MA Krall, Kaiser Permanente, Northwest Division
The experience of implementing a large-scale computerized patient record system provides lessons to others. 51
Population Health Management with Computerized
Patient Records
P Churgin and K Strawn, CIGNA Healthcare of Arizona
Diverse roles for a computerized patient record system (EpicCare) include tracking key indicators in disease-specific populations, sending health maintenance reminders to physicians, and offering on-line clinical guidelines. 61
Health-Based Payment and Computerized Patient
Record Systems
MC Hornbrook, Kaiser Permanente, Northwest Division, and Oregon Health Sciences University, MJ Goodman, HealthPartners Research Foundation,
PA Fishman, Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, and RT Meenan,
Kaiser Permanente, Northwest Division
Computerized patient record systems are useful for determining risk-adjusted or health-based payment. 66
Support of Quality and Business Goals by an Ambulatory Automated Medical Record System in Kaiser Permanente
of Ohio
AT Khoury, Kaiser Permanente of Ohio
The Medical Automated Record System offers support for both clinical and business goals by improving guideline compliance, decreasing reliance on paper charts, and providing automatic billing. 73
EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE Section Editor, Brian R. Budenholzer
When Your Clinical Examination Is as Good as an X-ray Film
Research documents that clinical examinations can safely eliminate the need
for unnecessary diagnostic tests in both deep venous thrombosis and acute
knee injury. 83
Guidance for Authors E-5
Authors' Form E-7
Classified Services E-9
Business and Subscription Information E-14
Request To Reproduce Effective Clinical Practice Content E-16