Provider Interaction With an Electronic Health Record Notification to Identify Eligible Patients for a Cluster Randomized Trial of Advance Care Planning in Primary Care: Secondary Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Advance care planning (ACP) improves patient-provider communication and aligns care to patient values, preferences, and goals. Within a multisite Meta-network Learning and Research Center ACP study, one health system deployed an electronic health record (EHR) notification and algorithm to alert providers about patients potentially appropriate for ACP and the clinical study.

Objective

The aim of the study is to describe the implementation and usage of an EHR notification for referring patients to an ACP study, evaluate the association of notifications with study referrals and engagement in ACP, and assess provider interactions with and perspectives on the notifications.

Methods

A secondary analysis assessed provider usage and their response to the notificati

SUBMITTER: Ma JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10221493 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature