Embedding electronic growth charts into clinical practice at a children's hospital

Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed. 2018 Apr;103(2):82-84. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2017-313588. Epub 2017 Oct 9.

Abstract

Embedding electronic growth charts (EGCs) into clinical practice in a children's hospital. We employed initial implementation in the outpatient setting and subsequently extended this across inpatients with the growth chart following the child's records through both settings and significantly increasing growth data documentation.

Keywords: growth; growth chart; nutrition.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Electronic Health Records / organization & administration*
  • Female
  • Growth Charts*
  • Hospitals, Pediatric / organization & administration*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • United Kingdom