Evaluation of Point-of-Care Decision Support for Adult Acne Treatment by Primary Care Clinicians.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Acne is a common reason for referral to dermatologists from primary care clinicians. We previously modeled the impact of algorithm-based acne care in reducing dermatology referrals, missed appointments, and treatment delays.

Objective

To prospectively evaluate the downstream outcomes following a real-time, algorithm-based electronic decision-support tool on the treatment of patients referred for acne.

Design, setting, and participants

This prospective cohort study included 260 treatment-naive patients referred to a dermatologist for the chief concern of acne, as well as the referring primary care clinicians, at 33 primary care sites affiliated with Brigham and Women's Hospital from March 2017 to March 2018.

Interventions

We developed and implemented

SUBMITTER: Li DG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7147122 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature