Clinician collaboration to improve clinical decision support: the Clickbusters initiative.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We describe the Clickbusters initiative implemented at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), which was designed to improve safety and quality and reduce burnout through the optimization of clinical decision support (CDS) alerts.

Materials and methods

We developed a 10-step Clickbusting process and implemented a program that included a curriculum, CDS alert inventory, oversight process, and gamification. We carried out two 3-month rounds of the Clickbusters program at VUMC. We completed descriptive analyses of the changes made to alerts during the process, and of alert firing rates before and after the program.

Results

Prior to Clickbusters, VUMC had 419 CDS alerts in production, with 488 425 firings (42 982 interruptive) each week. After 2 rounds, the

SUBMITTER: McCoy AB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9093034 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature