EMR-Based Intervention Improves Lead Screening at an Urban Family Medicine Practice.

Background And Objectives: Elevated blood lead levels have well-described detrimental effects to growth and development in children, yet screening rates remain low. We sought to determine if a reminder within the electronic health record (EHR) could change provider behavior and improve blood lead level (BLL) screening test ordering rates in an urban academic family medicine practice.

Methods: Baseline BLL test ordering rates were calculated for children ages 9-72 months.