Transplant Department: A Case Study

In the Transplant Department, the electronic medical record system (EMR) is used to house information obtained about each patient, in one central location. Much of the data stored in the EMR includes medication records, patient assessments, clinician notes, and service requests. From this, data reports are generated monthly in search of potential gaps in care related to topics such as immunosuppressant medication compliance, patient responses to the transplant preparative regimen and emotional assessment outcomes data centered on the patients coping skills related to the chronic illness. The data available within the EMR is also used to provide some of the foundational information needed to answer research questions related to qualitative