Developing an electronic health record measure of low-value esophagogastroduodenoscopy for GERD at a large academic health system

Objectives Low-value esophagogastroduodenoscopies (EGDs) for uncomplicated gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GERD) can harm patients and raise patient and payer costs. We developed an electronic health record (EHR) ‘eMeasure’ to detect low-value EGDs.Design Retrospective cohort of 518 adult patient...

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Main Authors: Chi-Hong Tseng, Arpan Patel, John N Mafi, Folasade P May, Catherine Sarkisian, Courtney A Reynolds, Vishnu Nair, Chad Villaflores, Katherine Dominguez, Julia Cave Arbanas, Madeline Treasure, Samuel Skootsky, Kevin Ghassemi, A Mark Fendrick
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2023-12-01
Series:BMJ Open Quality
Online Access:https://bmjopenquality.bmj.com/content/12/4/e002363.full