Connecting the dots: Creation of an electronic regional infection control network

Abel N Kho; Paul Dexter; Larry Lemmon; Dauna Carey; Heather Woodward-Hagg; Steve Hare; Brad Doebbeling

Connecting the dots: Creation of an electronic regional infection control network

Abel N Kho^*, Paul Dexter, Larry Lemmon, Dauna Carey, Heather Woodward-Hagg, Steve Hare, Brad Doebbeling

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Medicine, General Medicine Division

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Abstract

The prevalence of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci (VRE) continues to increase dramatically worldwide. Successful programs to reduce infection rates of resistant organisms require regional or national compliance with strict infection control measures and feedback on implementation and reduced rates. We partnered with local infection control professionals (ICPs) and leveraged our existing electronic network to create a comprehensive citywide network to track and uniformly respond to patients admitted with a history of MRSA or VRE. We successfully standardized and included electronic data from four out of six of the major healthcare systems within Indianapolis. We created tailored abstracts to deliver key infection control data to ICPs when a MRSA patient is admitted to a participating hospital. We created web-based data entry forms for ICPs to modify and enter new infection control data. This paper describes our design and initial implementation of a working electronic regional infection control network.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	MEDINFO 2007 - Proceedings of the 12th World Congress on Health (Medical) Informatics
Subtitle of host publication	Building Sustainable Health Systems
Pages	213-217
Number of pages	5
Volume	129
State	Published - Dec 1 2007
Event	12th World Congress on Medical Informatics, MEDINFO 2007 - Brisbane, QLD, Australia Duration: Aug 20 2007 → Aug 24 2007

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Other	12th World Congress on Medical Informatics, MEDINFO 2007
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Brisbane, QLD
Period	8/20/07 → 8/24/07

Keywords

antibiotic resistance
computerized medical tecord dystems
infection control
MRSA
VRE

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Biomedical Engineering
Health Informatics
Health Information Management

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Kho, AN, Dexter, P, Lemmon, L, Carey, D, Woodward-Hagg, H, Hare, S & Doebbeling, B 2007, Connecting the dots: Creation of an electronic regional infection control network. in MEDINFO 2007 - Proceedings of the 12th World Congress on Health (Medical) Informatics: Building Sustainable Health Systems. vol. 129, pp. 213-217, 12th World Congress on Medical Informatics, MEDINFO 2007, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 8/20/07.

Connecting the dots: Creation of an electronic regional infection control network. / Kho, Abel N; Dexter, Paul; Lemmon, Larry et al.
MEDINFO 2007 - Proceedings of the 12th World Congress on Health (Medical) Informatics: Building Sustainable Health Systems. Vol. 129 2007. p. 213-217.

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