Barriers to using clinical decision support in ambulatory care: Do clinics in health systems fare better?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We quantify the use of clinical decision support (CDS) and the specific barriers reported by ambulatory clinics and examine whether CDS utilization and barriers differed based on clinics' affiliation with health systems, providing a benchmark for future empirical research and policies related to this topic.

Materials and methods

Despite much discussion at the theoretic level, the existing literature provides little empirical understanding of barriers to using CDS in ambulatory care. We analyze data from 821 clinics in 117 medical groups, based on in Minnesota Community Measurement's annual Health Information Technology Survey (2014-2016). We examine clinics' use of 7 CDS tools, along with 7 barriers in 3 areas (resource, user acceptance, and technology). Employing

SUBMITTER: Shi Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8324224 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature