The Effect of an Electronic Medical Record-Based Clinical Decision Support System on Adherence to Clinical Protocols in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Care: Interrupted Time Series Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Clinical decision support systems (CDSSs) embedded in electronic medical records (EMRs), also called electronic health records, have the potential to improve the adoption of clinical guidelines. The University of Alberta Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Group developed a CDSS for patients with IBD who might be experiencing disease flare and deployed it within a clinical information system in 2 continuous time periods.

Objective

This study aims to evaluate the impact of the IBD CDSS on the adherence of health care providers (ie, physicians and nurses) to institutionally agreed clinical management protocols.

Methods

A 2-period interrupted time series (ITS) design, comparing adherence to a clinical flare management protocol during outpatient visits before and

SUBMITTER: Sutton RT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11004614 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature