Supporting Asthma and COPD Best Practices in Ontario through Primary Care Electronic Medical Records

Ann Taite; Janice Minard; Alison Morra; M Diane Lougheed

doi:10.12927/hcq.2020.26271

Supporting Asthma and COPD Best Practices in Ontario through Primary Care Electronic Medical Records

Healthc Q. 2020 Jul;23(2):67-74. doi: 10.12927/hcq.2020.26271.

Authors

Ann Taite¹, Janice Minard², Alison Morra³, M Diane Lougheed⁴

Affiliations

¹ A research associate in the Asthma Research Unit of Kingston General Hospital Research Institute at Queen's University in Kingston, ON. As the project manager for the Ontario Asthma EMR Project, she oversaw and coordinated projects and programs related to respiratory data element definitions and standards and electronic and mobile health technology.
² A retired senior nursing administrator and a research associate. She is a former project manager for the Ontario Asthma EMR Project and continues to work as a consultant for the Asthma Research Unit, Kingston General Hospital Research Institute at Queen's University in Kingston, ON, lending expertise in completing data analysis and manuscript writing.
³ A research associate in the Asthma Research Unit of Kingston General Hospital Research Institute at Queen's University in Kingston, ON. Recently, she has assumed the role of lead research associate for the Asthma Research Unit. She oversees and coordinates all projects and programs related to respiratory data element definitions and standards.
⁴ A professor of medicine, biomedical and molecular sciences and public health sciences at Queen's University in Kingston, ON. She is also a senior adjunct scientist at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences. She has held leadership roles in provincial and national asthma guidelines development and implementation initiatives and is a past chair of the Canadian Thoracic Society Asthma Clinical Assembly. Her address for correspondence is Dr. M. Diane Lougheed, 102 Stuart Street, Kingston, ON, Canada, K7L 2V6. She can be reached by e-mail at mdl@queensu.ca.

PMID: 32762824
DOI: 10.12927/hcq.2020.26271

Abstract

Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are two of the most common chronic respiratory diseases. Electronic medical records (EMRs) are increasingly being used as a means to support chronic disease management and enable best practices. This article summarizes the state of asthma and COPD care and electronic solutions in Ontario, highlighting the work done to date for asthma and COPD data standards. Lessons learned and future considerations for the use of EMRs and related electronic solutions to support chronic disease management are discussed.

MeSH terms

Asthma*
Disease Management
Electronic Health Records*
Humans
Ontario
Primary Health Care / methods*
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive*