A Call to Action for Optimizing the Electronic Health Record in the Parenteral Nutrition Workflow
Vincent W. Vanek MD, FACS, FASPEN
St Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital, Youngstown, Ohio, USA
Search for more papers by this authorPhil Ayers PharmD, BCNSP, FASHP
Mississippi Baptist Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, USA
Search for more papers by this authorMichael Kraft PharmD, BCNSP
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Search for more papers by this authorJean M. Bouche RD, CD
Option Care Home Infusion, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, USA
Search for more papers by this authorVan T. Do PharmD
Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
Search for more papers by this authorCharles W. Durham PharmD, BCPS
Sentara Healthcare, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
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Peggi Guenter PhD, RN, FAAN
American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
Corresponding Author:
Peggi Guenter, PhD, RN, FAAN, FASPEN, Senior Director of Clinical Practice, Quality, and Advocacy, American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN), 8401 Colesville Road, Suite 510, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorLindsey Hoggle MS, RDN, PMP
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Search for more papers by this authorSteven W. Plogsted PharmD, BCNSP, CNSC
Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Search for more papers by this authorJessica M. Poehls PharmD, BCPPS
University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Search for more papers by this authorPeggy Turner MS, RD, LD, FAND
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Search for more papers by this authorCharles Van Way III MD, FACS, FCCM, FCCP, FASPEN
University of Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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Search for more papers by this authorVincent W. Vanek MD, FACS, FASPEN
St Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital, Youngstown, Ohio, USA
Search for more papers by this authorPhil Ayers PharmD, BCNSP, FASHP
Mississippi Baptist Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, USA
Search for more papers by this authorMichael Kraft PharmD, BCNSP
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Search for more papers by this authorJean M. Bouche RD, CD
Option Care Home Infusion, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, USA
Search for more papers by this authorVan T. Do PharmD
Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
Search for more papers by this authorCharles W. Durham PharmD, BCPS
Sentara Healthcare, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Peggi Guenter PhD, RN, FAAN
American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
Corresponding Author:
Peggi Guenter, PhD, RN, FAAN, FASPEN, Senior Director of Clinical Practice, Quality, and Advocacy, American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN), 8401 Colesville Road, Suite 510, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorLindsey Hoggle MS, RDN, PMP
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Search for more papers by this authorSteven W. Plogsted PharmD, BCNSP, CNSC
Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Search for more papers by this authorJessica M. Poehls PharmD, BCPPS
University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Search for more papers by this authorPeggy Turner MS, RD, LD, FAND
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Search for more papers by this authorCharles Van Way III MD, FACS, FCCM, FCCP, FASPEN
University of Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Search for more papers by this authorAmerican Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
Search for more papers by this authorLinked content: This article is related to this executive summary by Vanek et al.: https://doi.org/10.1002/ncp.10202
This article is being copublished by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND), and the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN). Minor differences in style may appear in each publication, but the article is substantially the same in each journal.
Financial disclosure: None declared.
Conflicts of interests: None declared.
Podcast available: Listen to a discussion of this manuscript with NCP Editor-in-Chief Jeanette M. Hasse, PhD, RD, LD, FADA, CNSC, and author Vincent W. Vanek, MD, FACS, FASPEN. This and other NCP podcasts are available at: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/19412452/homepage/podcasts
Abstract
Parenteral nutrition (PN) is a complex therapeutic modality provided to neonates, children, and adults for various indications. Surveys have shown that current electronic health record (EHR) systems are in need of functionality enhancement for safe and optimal delivery of PN. This is a consensus statement from the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists outlining some of the key challenges to prescribing, order review/verification, compounding, and administration of PN using EHRs today and is a call to action for clinicians and vendors to optimize their EHRs regarding the PN build and workflow.
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