Using a Clinical Decision Support System to Improve Anticoagulation in Patients with Nonvalve Atrial Fibrillation in China's Primary Care Settings: A Feasibility Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To primarily investigate the effect of using a clinical decision support system (CDSS) in community health centers in Shanghai, China, on the proportion of patients prescribed guideline-directed antithrombotic therapy. This study also gauged the general practitioner (GP)'s acceptance of the CDSS who worked in the atrial fibrillation (AF) special consulting room of the CDSS group.

Methods

This was a prospective cohort study that included a semistructured interview and a feasibility study for a cluster-randomized controlled trial. Eligible patients who sought medical care in the AF special consulting rooms in two community health centers in Shanghai, China, between April 1, 2020, and October 1, 2020, were enrolled, and their medical records from the enrollment date,

SUBMITTER: Ru X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9876694 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature