@article{ETD, author = {Friedman, Richard}, url = {http://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/7455}, title = {Use of the ambulatory electronic health record (Allscripts® AEHR) to mine quality metrics: a pilot study in an ambulatory pediatric cardiac practice for evaluation of chest pain in children 5-18 years of age}, publisher = {Oregon Health and Science University}, abstract = {Chest pain is a common presenting complaint for evaluation of a child (<18 years of age) in a pediatric cardiology clinic. Despite the large number of patients evaluated for this complaint, a cardiac cause is rarely found. The American College of Cardiology sponsored an Expert Panel to develop and publish Quality Metrics for evaluation of children 5-18 years of age for providers to use in order to deliver quality care to these patients. Using a Modified Delphi Process to reach consensus, they found that only 3 of 10 candidate quality metrics would be useful. Despite published criteria for use of cardiac testing for children with a presenting complaint of chest pain without co-morbid conditions (congenital heart disease, recent chest trauma, rheumatologic diseases, etc;) and without exertional chest pain, over one third of patients still underwent transthoracic echocardiograms. This result is significantly higher than published studies using consensus algorithm-based recommendations.}, number = {ETD}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.6083/r494vk63m}, recid = {7455}, address = {2018}, }