Incorporating occupational information in electronic health records: letter report

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• Corporate Authors:
  Institute of Medicine (U.S.) Committee on Occupational Information and Electronic Health Records
• Description:
  Each year in the United States, more than 4,000 occupational fatalities and more than 3 million occupational injuries occur along with more than 160,000 cases of occupational illnesses. Incorporating patients' occupational information into electronic health records (EHRs) could lead to more informed clinical diagnosis and treatment plans as well as more effective policies, interventions, and prevention strategies to improve the overall health of the working population. At the request of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, the IOM appointed a committee to examine the rationale and feasibility of incorporating occupational information in patients' EHRs. The IOM concluded that three data elements - occupation, industry, and work-relatedness - were ready for immediate focus, and made recommendations on moving forward efforts to incorporate these elements into EHRs. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Geology Mining Occupational Health Safety Software
• Keywords:
  Clinical-diagnosis Computer-equipment Computer-software Computers Data-processing Disease-incidence Diseases Electronic-devices Electronic-equipment Health-care Health-care-facilities Health-care-personnel Health-programs Information-processing Information-retrieval-systems Information-systems Injuries Medical-examinations Medical-services Mortality-data Mortality-rates Occupations Traumatic-injuries

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• ISBN:
  9780309217439
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Book
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OD - Office of the Director
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-74
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20039763
• Citation:
  Wegman DH, Liverman CT, Schultz AM, Strawbridge LM, eds., Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 2011 Sep; :1-74
• Editor(s):
  Wegman DH; Liverman CT; Schultz AM; Strawbridge LM
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Incorporating occupational information in electronic health records: letter report
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d23bfa4d947a6ade25303548910a0fbc57390c66a6f4e2d7908c3d326fad6f82bf01f10d9a42f7a96537e36e5330e5251326d37368778a8dd4da2d22f35e76bf
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/192877/cdc_192877_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 660.74 KB ]