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EHR Implementation Guide – Identifying Frailty Using Existing Health Data: Challenges and Opportunities for Health Systems

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RAND

RAND identified use cases on identifying frailty using electronic health record (EHR) data in health systems in the US and examples from other countries, which demonstrate applications in both primary and specialist care. The final EHR implementation guide summarizes the learnings from participants in the EHR Learning Network and the identified use cases. The project summary highlights the case studies, potential applications and considerations in using claims and/or EHR data to calculate frailty scores.

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Files
Frailty Project Summary (pdf, 179.56 KB)
Frailty EHR Implementation Guide (pdf, 708.74 KB)
Topics
Disability | Functional Impairment | Care & Service Delivery Settings | Electronic Health Records (EHR) | Administrative Data | Big Data | Data Quality | Patient-Centered Outcomes Research
Product Type
Report | Research Summary
Populations
Older Adults | High-Need, High-Cost Populations | Medicare Beneficiaries | People with Disabilities
Program
Medicare