PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Elie Mulhem
AU  - Indigo Brown
AU  - Ke Song
TI  - Electronic Health Record Reminder Effect on Hepatitis C Antibody Screening
AID  - 10.3122/jabfm.2020.06.190440
DP  - 2020 Nov 01
TA  - The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Medicine
PG  - 1016--1019
VI  - 33
IP  - 6
4099  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/33/6/1016.short
4100  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/33/6/1016.full
SO  - J Am Board Fam Med2020 Nov 01; 33
AB  - In the United States, national guidelines recommend screening adults born between 1945 and 1965 for hepatitis C, but screening rates in this population continue to be low. We added a hepatitis C screening reminder to the Epic Electronic Health Record and educated physicians on the use of the Health Maintenance section in Epic. We assessed the effect of this intervention on the completion of screening hepatitis C antibody tests. We examined data from 2 years before and after the addition of the reminder. Completed hepatitis C antibody testing increased from 733 to 6502, and the rate of positive testing decreased from 5.9% to 2.0%. Implementing the electronic health record reminder and educating providers on the routine use of the Health Maintenance section increased hepatitis C screening for at risk adults.