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Information Technology for Children's Health and Health Care

Report on the Information Technology in Children's Health Care Expert Meeting, September 21–22, 2000

Affiliations of the authors: Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut (RNS); University of Tennessee at Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee (SAS); University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing, Madison, Wisconsin (KK, PFB).

Correspondence and reprints: Richard N. Shiffman, MD, MCIS, Yale Center for Medical Informatics, P.O. Box 208009, New Haven, CT 06520-8009; e-mail: <richard.shiffman{at}yale.edu>.

Received for publication: 04/04/01; accepted for publication: 06/04/01.

In September 2000, the Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research and the American Academy of Pediatrics Center for Child Health Research sponsored a meeting of experts and knowledgeable stakeholders to identify 1) the special information needs of pediatric care and 2) health service research questions related to the use of information technology in children's health care. Technologies that support the care of children must address issues related to growth and development, children's changing physiology, and the unique diseases of children and interventions of pediatric care. Connectivity and data integration are particular concerns for child health care workers. Consumer health information needs for this population extend beyond the needs of one individual to the needs of the family. Recommendations of the attendees include rapid implementation of features in electronic health information systems that support pediatric care and involvement of child health experts in policy making, standards setting, education, and advocacy. A proposed research agenda should address both effectiveness and costs of information technology, with special consideration for the needs of children, the development and evaluation of clinical decision support in pediatric settings, understanding of the epidemiology of iatrogenic injury in childhood, supplementation of vocabulary standards with pediatrics-specific terminology, and improvement in health care access for children, using telemedicine.

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