Adequacy and quality of immunization data in a comprehensive electronic health record system

Abstract: Background and Purpose: Timely, simultaneous and combined vaccination is important to protect children from common infectious diseases. In a large health care delivery system in Western Kenya, we examined the adequacy and quality of data within the electronic health record (EHR) to assess the feasibility of developing a clinical decision support system to improve childhood vaccination uptake and coverage. Methods: The study evaluated vaccination information collected and stored in an EHR between 2006 and 2012 involving 23,270 children. Encounters for 10,299 children lacked immunization information and were excluded.  Results: Documentation of vaccination coverage and timeliness is rendered in Kaplan–Meier time-to-event plots. Vaccination coverage at the end of one year ranges from 60% to 90% for all vaccines assessed individually that are part of the Kenya Expanded Program on Immunization (KEPI). Timely documentation of vaccination is low, with 52.8 weeks (95% CI: 52.1, 53.5) for m.... https://jhia-online.org/index.php/jhia/article/view/40

Angaben zum Objekt

• Standort: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Umfang: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Adequacy and quality of immunization data in a comprehensive electronic health record system ; volume:1 ; number:1 ; day:20 ; month:09 ; year:2013 ; Journal of health informatics in Africa ; 1, Heft 1 (20.09.2013)

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Urheber: Keny, Aggrey ; Biondich, Paul ; Grannis, Shaun ; Were, Martin C.

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: 10.12856/JHIA-2013-v1-i1-40
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2021022209170028018887
• Rechteinformation: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 15.08.2025, 07:20 MESZ