Integrating a risk prediction score in a clinical decision support to identify patients with health-related social needs in the emergency department.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To improve the identification of patients with health-related social needs (HRSNs) in the emergency department (ED), we developed and integrated a risk prediction score into an existing Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR)-based clinical decision support (CDS).

Materials and methods

We conducted 2 phases of individual semi-structured qualitative interviews with ED clinicians to identify HRSN risk score design preferences for CDS integration. Following this, we used patient HRSN screening survey, health information exchange (HIE), and clinical data to run logistic regressions, developing an HRSN risk score aligned with ED clinician preferences.

Results

Emergency department clinicians preferred HRSN risk scores displayed via visual cues like colo

SUBMITTER: Mazurenko O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12233013 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature