Adoption, acceptance, and use of a decision support tool to promote timely investigations for cancer in primary care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The complexities of diagnosing cancer in general practice has driven the development of quality improvement (QI) interventions, including clinical decision support (CDS) and auditing tools. Future Health Today (FHT) is a novel QI tool, consisting of CDS at the point-of-care, practice population-level auditing, recall, and the monitoring of QI activities.

Objectives

Explore the acceptability and usability of the FHT cancer module, which flags patients with abnormal test results that may be indicative of undiagnosed cancer.

Methods

Interviews were conducted with general practitioners (GPs) and general practice nurses (GPNs), from practices participating in a randomized trial evaluating the appropriate follow-up of patients. Clinical Performance Feedback Inter

SUBMITTER: Chima S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11642683 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature