A Clinical Decision Support System for Addressing Health-Related Social Needs in Emergency Department: Defining End User Needs and Preferences.

ABSTRACT:

Background

 Health-related social needs (HRSNs) are the unmet social and economic needs (e.g., housing instability) that affect individuals' health and well-being. HRSNs are associated with more emergency department (ED) visits, longer stays, and worse health outcomes. More than a third of ED patients have at least one HRSN, yet patients are rarely screened for HRSNs in the ED. A clinical decision support (CDS) system with predictive modeling offers a promising approach to identifying patients systematically and efficiently with HRSNs in the ED.

Objective

 This study aimed to identify ED clinician and staff preferences for designing and implementing an HRSN-related CDS system.

Methods

 A multistep, user-centered design study involving qualitative semistructured interv

SUBMITTER: Mazurenko O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11655153 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature