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Electronic Health Record and Parenteral Nutrition Functionality: A Gap Analysis
Author(s) -
Ayers Phil,
Foster Jillian,
Kanorwala Anees,
Jenkins Anastasia,
Raymer Kelsey,
Byrd Laine,
Crumby Trey
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
nutrition in clinical practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.725
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1941-2452
pISSN - 0884-5336
DOI - 10.1002/ncp.10463
Subject(s) - medicine , electronic health record , parenteral nutrition , health records , medical emergency , intensive care medicine , health care , economics , economic growth
Parenteral nutrition (PN) is a complex, high‐alert medication that contains up to 40 different ingredients. Surveys have shown that current electronic health record (EHR) systems may lack functionality for safe and optimal delivery of PN. A gap analysis was performed by a multihospital system to identify opportunities to enhance the current PN process using the EHR utilized by the organization.