TY - JOUR
T1 - Data-driven human rights
T2 - Using the electronic health record to promote human rights in jail
AU - Glowa-Kollisch, Sarah
AU - Andrade, Kelly
AU - Stazesky, Richard
AU - Teixeira, Paul
AU - Kaba, Fatos
AU - Macdonald, Ross
AU - Rosner, Zachary
AU - Selling, Daniel
AU - Parsons, Amanda
AU - Venters, Homer
PY - 2014/1/1
Y1 - 2014/1/1
N2 - The electronic health record (EHR) is a commonplace innovation designed to promote efficiency, quality, and continuity of health services. In the New York City jail system, we implemented an EHR across 12 jails between 2008 and 2011. During the same time, our work increasingly focused on the importance of human rights as an essential element to the provision of medical and mental health care for our patients. Consequently, we made major modifications to the EHR to allow for better surveillance of vulnerable populations and enable reporting and analysis of patterns of abuse, neglect, and other patient concerns related to human rights. These modifications have improved our ability to find and care for patients injured in jail and those with mental health exacerbations. More work is needed, however, to optimize the potential of the EHR as a tool to promote human rights among patients in jail.
AB - The electronic health record (EHR) is a commonplace innovation designed to promote efficiency, quality, and continuity of health services. In the New York City jail system, we implemented an EHR across 12 jails between 2008 and 2011. During the same time, our work increasingly focused on the importance of human rights as an essential element to the provision of medical and mental health care for our patients. Consequently, we made major modifications to the EHR to allow for better surveillance of vulnerable populations and enable reporting and analysis of patterns of abuse, neglect, and other patient concerns related to human rights. These modifications have improved our ability to find and care for patients injured in jail and those with mental health exacerbations. More work is needed, however, to optimize the potential of the EHR as a tool to promote human rights among patients in jail.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 25474604
AN - SCOPUS:84911473296
SN - 1079-0969
VL - 16
SP - 157
EP - 165
JO - Health and Human Rights
JF - Health and Human Rights
IS - 1
ER -
