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Michelle L Pickett1, Rachel Cafferty2, Chella Palmer3
1Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
まとめ
電子カルテ(EHR)臨床意思決定支援(CDS)によってガイドされる普遍的に提供されるクラミジア(CT)および淋菌(GC)検査は、青年期の検査における人種格差を減らしました。このアプローチは、すべての人種において公平な性的健康スクリーニングを保証します。
科学分野:
- 公衆衛生
- 健康の公平性
- 青年医学
背景:
- マイノリティの青年は、白人の仲間と比較して、クラミジア(CT)および淋菌(GC)の検査率が高いです。
- これらの集団における医療提供におけるバイアスに対処し、軽減するためには、介入が不可欠です。
- 既存の格差は、医療システム内での革新的なソリューションを必要とします。
研究 の 目的:
- 電子カルテ(EHR)統合臨床意思決定支援(CDS)が、青年におけるCT/GC検査における人種および民族の違いを軽減できるかどうかを評価すること。
- ターゲット対普遍的に提供されるCT/GC検査戦略の有効性を比較すること。
- CDSが人種および民族に基づく差のある検査に与える影響を評価すること。
主な方法:
- 6つの小児救急部門が関与する前向き実用試験の二次分析。
- リスク評価に基づくCDSによるターゲットCT/GC検査と、患者の希望に基づくCDSによる普遍的に提供される検査の比較。
- 2つのフェーズ間の検査率における人種および民族の違いを比較するためのロジスティック回帰分析。
主要な成果:
- ベースライン期間中、マイノリティグループ、特に非ヒスパニック系黒人患者は、非ヒスパニック系白人患者よりもCT/GCの検査を受ける可能性が有意に高かった(aOR=2.10)。
- ターゲットCDSはこれらの格差を変化させず、差のある検査が持続しました(P=.35)。
- 普遍的に提供されるCT/GC検査は、EHR-CDSと統合され、人種および民族の違いを効果的に軽減し、グループ間で同様の検査割合につながりました(P=.01)。
結論:
- EHRに埋め込まれたCDSによって促進される普遍的に提供されるCT/GC検査は、小児救急部門における青年期の検査における人種および民族の違いを効果的に軽減します。
- この戦略は、人種や民族に関係なく、すべての青年により公平な性的健康スクリーニングを促進します。
- CDSによる普遍的に提供される検査の実装は、STIスクリーニングにおける医療バイアスに対処するための実行可能なアプローチです。
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