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Sustained Effect of Clinical Decision Support for Heart Failure: A Natural Experiment Using Implementation Science
Katy E Trinkley1,2,3, Garth Wright3, Larry A Allen4,5
1Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States.
Applied Clinical Informatics
|October 18, 2023
Summary
Enhanced clinical decision support (CDS) improved evidence-based prescribing of beta blockers (BB) for heart failure. This customized CDS showed sustained real-world effectiveness and clinician adoption compared to commercial tools.
Area of Science:
- Health Informatics
- Implementation Science
- Cardiology
Background:
- Clinical decision support (CDS) tools can improve evidence-based prescribing.
- Commercial CDS tools may lack customization for optimal effectiveness.
- Implementation science (IS) offers methods to enhance CDS design and adoption.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate the real-world sustained effect of an enhanced CDS compared to a commercial CDS.
- To assess clinician adoption and effectiveness of enhanced CDS in primary care.
- To determine if IS methods improve CDS outcomes in heart failure management.
Main Methods:
- A natural experiment compared 28 primary care clinics using commercial CDS (preperiod) versus enhanced CDS (both periods).
- Primary outcome: proportion of alerts resulting in beta blocker (BB) prescription for heart failure.
- Secondary outcomes: patient reach and clinician adoption (alert dismissals).
Main Results:
- Enhanced CDS increased BB prescribing by 26.1% compared to commercial CDS (95% CI: 17.0-35.1%).
- Clinician adoption odds were significantly higher with enhanced CDS (OR: 4.17) versus commercial CDS (81% vs. 29%).
- Enhanced CDS adoption increased from 62% to 92% and effectiveness from 14% to 10% from preperiod to postperiod.
Conclusions:
- Applying IS methods and CDS best practices led to improved and sustained clinician adoption and effectiveness.
- Enhanced CDS demonstrated superior real-world performance compared to a standard commercial CDS tool.
- Customized CDS interventions are crucial for optimizing evidence-based prescribing in primary care settings.
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