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Improving Viral Hepatitis Vaccination Practices for Cirrhotic Patients in Gastroenterology Fellows’ Clinics Using the Electronic Health Record

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Keaton Jones, Taiwo Ngwa , Mustapha El-Halabi , Benjamin Bick , Kunal Dalal  and Nabil Fayad

Abstract Background: Patients with chronic liver disease are at increased risk for morbidity and mortality after superimposed hepatitis A or B virus infections. Historically, providers have done a poor job addressing hepatitis A and B immunity.

Aim: We examined hepatitis A and B immunity in cirrhotic patients within our gastroenterology fellows’ clinic and assessed how electronic medical record prompts could improve vaccination practices.

Methods: Clinical data was extracted manually on all cirrhotic patients seen during pre-intervention and post-intervention periods at two continuity clinic sites examining how often providers addressed vaccine status and ordered vaccines or antibody serologies. A handout with current guideline recommendations and an electronic tem... view more»

DOI: 10.4172/2325-9612.1000158

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