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标题：What can we do about Dr. Google? Using the electronic medical record (EMR) to prescribe reliable online patient education
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作者：Ruti Volk ; Nabeel Obeid
期刊名称：Journal of the Medical Library Association
印刷版ISSN：1536-5050
出版年度：2019
卷号：107
期号：4
页码：606-608
DOI：10.5195/jmla.2019.774
出版社：Medical Library Association
摘要：Objective The project enabled clinicians to utilize the electronic medical record (EMR) to easily prescribe preapproved online patient education resources to their patients. Background Physicians and other clinicians are concerned about the wide use of “Dr. Google” and the difficulties of responding to patients who demand unproven or unnecessary tests and therapies they found out about on the Internet. Setting/Participants/Resources Participants were providers at a large health system using Epic EMR. The institution maintains a web-based database that links to print and electronic patient education materials that have been vetted by content experts. Methods Clinicians worked with librarians to create web pages that link to the resources they recommend for their patients. Librarians collaborated with the information technology (IT) department to implement a solution that enables clinicians to quickly and easily send the uniform resource locator (URL) to the after visit summary (AVS) or as a message via the patient portal. Results This solution has been implemented in more than 20 units across the institution. Analytics data demonstrate that the majority of patients in a surgery clinic visited recommended resources. Conclusion This simple solution is effective in directing patients to reliable resources. It can be easily adapted by other institutions using an EMR system such as EPIC or Cerner.