An Implementation Science Framework to Develop a Clinical Decision Support Tool for Familial Hypercholesterolemia.

ABSTRACT: Electronic health record (EHR)-based clinical decision support (CDS) can address the low awareness and undertreatment of familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), a disorder associated with a markedly increased risk of coronary heart disease. We aimed to incorporate provider perspectives into the development and implementation of a CDS tool for FH. An implementation science framework and a user-centered design process were used to create a CDS tool for FH. Primary care physicians and specialist physicians participated in qualitative interviews, usability testing and an implementation survey. The CDS was configured in two formats-a best practice alert (BPA) and an in-basket message and subsequently deployed in the EHR in silent mode. The key themes that emerged from the analysis of interview tran

SUBMITTER: Bangash H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7565418 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature