Development of a Clinical Decision Support System for Pediatric Abdominal Pain in Emergency Department Settings Across Two Health Systems Within the HCSRN.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Appendicitis is a common surgical emergency in children, yet diagnosis can be challenging. An electronic health record (EHR) based, clinical decision support (CDS) system called Appy CDS was designed to help guide management of pediatric patients with acute abdominal pain within the Health Care Systems Research Network (HCSRN).

Objectives

To describe the development and implementation of a clinical decision support tool (Appy CDS) built independently but synergistically at two large HCSRN affiliated health systems using well-established platforms, and to assess the tool's Triage component, aiming to identify pediatric patients at increased risk for appendicitis.

Results

Despite differences by site in design and implementation, such as the use of alerts, inc

SUBMITTER: Ekstrom HL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6460497 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature