Percentage of Facilities Using Electronic Health Records With the Essential Attributes
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Percentage of facilities with a system of electronic capture of patient level health data (patient records system) that have the following attributes: Information recorded should be standardised across health facilities, Interoperable, Integrated with aggregated routine HIS, Links to clinical systems (such as: automatic vaccination alerting systems, pathology information systems, picture archiving and communication systems, pharmacy information systems, laboratory information systems), Can be shared among multiple providers/facilities and within facilities, Covers multiple diseases/conditions.
Numerator
Number of facilities that have an electronic capture of patient level data with the relevant attributes.
Denominator
Total number of facilities surveyed.
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
By facility type, managing authority, subnational, urban/rural.
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Facility survey