Implementing Cochrane evidence via EBM Guidelines and EBMeDS Ilkka Kunnamo, MD, PhD Editor-in-Chief, EBM Guidelines & EBMeDS Adjunct Professor of General Practice, University of Helsinki, Finland Disclosure: I am a salaried employee of Duodecim Medical Publications Ltd., the company that develops and licenses EBM Guidelines and the EBMeDS decision support service. Cochrane Colloquium, Madrid 2011
The Finnish Medical Society Duodecim Duodecim Medical Publications Ltd. Scientific society founded in 1881 > 90% of the Finnish physicians as members Clinical Practice Guidelines Continuous Medical Education Medical terminology in Finnish language Awards and grants for young scientists 100% owned by the Finnish Medical Society Electronic publishing since 1989 Publisher of the national health portal for both professionals and citizens in Finland
History and production of EBM Guidelines Idea emerged 1987 Pilot electronic version on floppy disks 1989 CD-ROM 1991 Book 1992 Liaison with the Cochrane Collaboration 2000 Internet 2000 Mobile 2001 Computerized clinical decision support 2008 rules (EBMeDS) Translations in English, German, Russian, Estonian, Hungarian, Slovenian, Dutch, French
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Included in Essential Evidence Plus
Objective of EBM Guidelines The right information by one search term within one minute
Use of electronic guideline databases in Finland from the professionals ’ portal Number of guideline documents opened >12 million/year 1.7 guidelines opened per every working-aged physician every day
Using Cochrane evidence in EBM Guidelines Evidence summaries are written by salaried physician editors from all Cochrane reviews that are relevant to the topics of EBM Guidelines 2765 Cochrane reviews are cited in EBM Guidelines evidence summaries by 9/2011
EBM Guidelines uses a slightly modified GRADE system
Evidence statement on patient- important outcomes Reasons for downgrading Recommendation Reason for weak recommendation (value statement) Link to Cochrane review
Standard wording for evidence and recommendations The evidence summaries use standard wording for evidence and recommendations See
Updating Evidence-driven –Continuous scanning of the literature –When new important evidence is published, evidence summaries and recommendations are updated Both scheduled (every 2 – 3 years) and (interim) continuous updates The salaried Editorial Team is responsible for initiating the updates
Salaried personnel for guideline development in Finland (excluding nursing and dentistry) Physician editors 20 –Mostly part-time Technical editors 6 Informaticians 2 IT professionals 5 Secretaries 3 Marketing and training 3
Log files of on-line use User surveys Monitoring the use of guidelines
Databases accessed in 2010 by health care professionals (Finland) EBM Guidelines Images and videos Patient information Evidence summaries Calculators (e.g. GFR) Journal articles Supplementary contents and tools that facilitate implementation are valued by users
The most frequently opened documents in 2010 GFR calculator Urinary tract infections PEF calculator Lyme borreliosis Fungal infections of skin and nails Diabetes Medical requirements for driving license Erysipelas Hypothyroidism 25752
The most frequently used search terms in 2010 (translated from Finnish) Diabetes Urinary tract infection41994 Asthma Gfr Pneumonia Gout Hypertension Anaemia Sinusitis 22479
Ratio of opened guidelines and evidence summaries EBM Guidelines Finnish version 93.7 EBM Guidelines German language version 19.3 Finnish national Current Care Guidelines via 4.0 professionals’ portal Finnish national Current Care Guidelines via 1.3 Current Care website EBM Guidelines English language version 1.1 The ratio reflects the context of use: only guidelines are opened during patient encounters; evidence summaries are opened during learning (CME) and preparation of presentations
Answers German-speaking countries vs. Finland
Clinical decision support (CDS) Recommendations in the form of CDS rules trigger reminders automatically if patient data suggest that there is potential for improvement. Example: The patient has asthma and is using a non- selective beta-blocker – switch to selective beta-blocker
Knowledge resources Electronic Health Record Sends patient data (XML request message) Receives decision support (XML response message) Peter Nyberg EBMeDS The EBMeDS decision support service can be integrated with any electronic health record via XML messaging (see
Example of decision support and quality reporting for a population of (a virtual health check) Cardioselective beta-blockers for patients with asthma: No reminder (selective beta-blocker 32 in use) Reminder: Asthma – switch to selective 4 beta-blocker? Guideline compliance = 0.89 (n = 36) 89% of patients with asthma and beta-blocker used the right type of beta-blocker.
What can be shared internationally (in addition to full guidelines) Evidence summaries Instructions on how to perform procedures Images, videos Patient information Decision support tools Guideline authoring and publishing software