Resource Details

HITEQ Highlights: Innovative Strategies to Reduce Maternal and Congenital Syphilis

Year Developed: 2024

Resource Type: Archived Webinar.

Primary Audience: Administrative Staff Clinicians PCAs
Secondary Audience: Board of Directors C-Suite (CEOs, CFOs, CIO, COOs, CMOs, etc.) Enabling Staff Outreach Staff

Language(s): English

Developed by: HITEQ (See other resources developed by this organization).

Resource Summary: Dr. Irene Stafford, OB/GYN from the University of Texas Houston Maternal-Fetal Medicine Center provides a presentation focused on using common place EHR technology to increase STI and HIV testing. In her talk, Dr. Stafford describes recent research demonstrating a decrease in transmission of congenital syphilis by the implementation of routine EHR strategies for best practice alerts.

Resource Details: Her work demonstrates thoughtful ways of how the EHR can serve as an educational tool for providers, how information technology can inform practice patterns and improve health outcomes, and describe how best practice alerts can assist in reportable disease management.

Resource Topic: Clinical Issues, Health Information Technology (HIT)/Data, Promising/Best Practices

Resource Subtopic: Implementation Feasibility, Operational Feasibility, Impact/Outcomes.

Keywords: Data Collection, Management, and Analytics, Implementation Tools, Risk Management, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs).