Weckmann, Michelle | Digital Healthcare Research

Using the Electronic Medical Record to Identify and Screen Patients at Risk for Delirium

Description

This project informed Stage 3 Meaningful Use requirements by evaluating metrics related to identification of delirium in real time and improving accuracy of the problem list, thus potentially improving care for patients with delirium.

Grant Number

R18 HS022666

Principal Investigator(s)

Weckmann, Michelle

Using the Electronic Medical Record to Identify and Screen Patients at Risk for Delirium - Final Report

Citation

Weckmann M. Using the Electronic Medical Record to Identify and Screen Patients at Risk for Delirium - Final Report. (Prepared by the University of Iowa under Grant No. R18 HS022666). Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2016.

Principal Investigator

Weckmann, Michelle

Project Name

Using the Electronic Medical Record to Identify and Screen Patients at Risk for Delirium

Validation of the delirium observation screening scale in a hospitalized older population.

Citation

Gavinski K, Carnahan R, Weckmann M. Validation of the delirium observation screening scale in a hospitalized older population. J Hosp Med 2016 Jul;11(7):494-7. PMID: 26970312.

Principal Investigator

Weckmann, Michelle

Project Name

Using the Electronic Medical Record to Identify and Screen Patients at Risk for Delirium