The Use of Knowledge Management in Healthcare: The Implementation of Shared Care Plans in Electronic Medical Record Systems at One Primary Care Practice

Connie J. Pascal (), Claire McInerney, John Orzano, Elizabeth C. Clark and Lynn Clemow
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Connie J. Pascal: Rutgers University, School of Communication & Information 4 Huntington Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
Claire McInerney: Rutgers University, School of Communication & Information 4 Huntington Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
John Orzano: NH Dartmouth Family Medicine Residency-Concord, 250 Pleasant Street, Concord, NH 03301, USA
Elizabeth C. Clark: Rutgers – Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Family Medicine and Community Health Research, 1 Worlds Fair Drive Somerset, NJ 08873, USA
Lynn Clemow: Rutgers – Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Family Medicine and Community Health Research, 1 Worlds Fair Drive Somerset, NJ 08873, USA

Journal of Information & Knowledge Management (JIKM), 2013, vol. 12, issue 04, 1-15

Abstract: A transformation in the way in which primary care is delivered is underway in the US. Across the country primary care practices are grappling with how to change from the traditional physician-directed model to a more patient-centred collaborative style as part of the effort to curb the rise of chronic disease. To date, few tools or techniques exist to help the individual primary care provider make this difficult and complex transformation. One such tool that has arisen is the shared care plan (SCP). As defined in the Taking Action for Learning and Knowledge Management to improve Diabetes Mellitus (TALK/DM) study (a NIDDK funded pilot project to implement SCPs in primary care), the SCP of primary care becomes the product of collaboration between the practice and the patients. The SCP is created by combining knowledge management (KM) techniques and motivational interviewing (MI) health counselling methods to form a new knowledge object. This paper focuses on this aspect of the TALK/DM study and takes a case study approach to explore how one primary care practice is implementing the SCP as knowledge object (both a paper document and an electronic record in the EMR system) in its organisation. This study adds nuance and insight into how knowledge objects such as the SCP can serve as a tool for collaboration in primary care.

Keywords: Shared care plan; healthcare informatics; knowledge object; knowledge processes outcomes model; case study; transformation of primary care; PCMH; motivational interviewing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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