The implementation, use and sustainability of a clinical decision support system for medication optimisation in primary care: A qualitative evaluation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The quality and safety of prescribing in general practice is important, Clinical decision support (CDS) systems can be used which present alerts to health professionals when prescribing in order to identify patients at risk of potentially hazardous prescribing. It is known that such computerised alerts may improve the safety of prescribing in hospitals but their implementation and sustainable use in general practice is less well understood. We aimed to understand the factors that influenced the successful implementation and sustained use in primary care of a CDS system.

Methods

Participants were purposively recruited from Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) and general practices in the North West and East Midlands regions of England and from the CDS developers. W

SUBMITTER: Jeffries M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8092789 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature