HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CHALLENGES IN AGING PATIENTS

There are complex informatics issues involved in using HIT to improve delivery of care for aging patients with multiple comorbidities. A recent topic of interest in developing practice guidelines is consideration of patients with multiple medical conditions, an increasingly important issue as the population ages and many guidelines are developed for the management of a single disease. This session will discuss approaches to the informatics challenges to the management of patients with multiple morbidities.