How Kaiser Permanente’s EHR evaluates medical devices

Becker's Healthcare June 18, 2024
Giles Bruce

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente uses EHR data to track the quality and safety of medical devices, aiming to provide better, more personalized patient care.

Liz Paxton, PhD, director of medical device surveillance and assessment at Kaiser Permanente, told Becker’s the device surveillance program has caught safety issues and helped improve surgical processes within the 40-hospital system — and beyond.

Becker’s interviewed Dr. Paxton about how and why her health system’s EHR tracks over 4.2 million medical devices.

Question: How does Kaiser Permanente use EHR data to identify high-performing medical devices and improve surgical outcomes and processes?

Liz Paxton: In 2001 we first developed our total hip-and-knee registry, and that focused on patient characteristics, the implant surgical techniques and primarily revision...

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