Electronic Intervention to Improve Structured Cancer Stage Data Capture [QUALITY IN ACTION]

Conclusion: Electronic decision support improves the rate of structured cancer staging at our institution. The staging rates between 56% and 60% for the 5- to 8-month and 9- to 12-month periods likely reflect accurate postintervention staging rates, whereas the initial 115% rate for 1 to 4 months is inflated by providers staging cancers diagnosed before the BPA.
Source: Journal of Oncology Practice - Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Tags: Quality, Information systems, Electronic health records, Coding and Reimbursement, Quality of care, Affordable Care Act, Quality in Action, Media, Diagnosis & Staging, Meta-Analysis, Missing Data, Incidence trends, Diagnosis & Staging, Quality of Care, Ef Source Type: research