ASSIGN 1 WK 2

Jamie,

      This scenario is indeed a prevailing issue that needs addressed by analyzing relevant data. By accessing the billing and administration databases, you will surly be able to collect patient characteristics. By further examining medication records, quality data like you mention, you could then determine factors contributing to re-hospitalization. According to McGonigle and Mastrian (2022), it is imperative that health care providers analyze relevant date to reach improved outcomes. In addition to what you mention about medication adherence, studies have aimed to describe a integrated informatics approach to display clinically relevant data that can help identify problems with medication adherence (Dixon et al, 2014). Similar to what you mention, clinical dashboards have been developed within EHR systems to utilize data from med records, pharmacy, and personal patients records. By gathering data from these sources, this can better facilitate communication and cooperation regarding medication adherence. As time and technology improve, hopefully future strategies can improve upon the challenges associated with re-hospitalization and medication adherence. Thank you for a thoughtful post and enjoy the rest of your week!

References

Dixon, B. E., Jabour, A. M., Phillips, E. O., & Marrero, D. G. (2014). An informatics approach to medication adherence assessment and improvement using clinical, billing, and patient-entered data.  Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA,  21(3), 517–521.  https://doi.org/10.1136/amiajnl-2013-001959 Links to an external site.

McGonigle, D., & Mastrian, K. G. (2022). Nursing informatics and the foundation of knowledge (5th ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning.