Clinical Decision Support at Partners Healthcare Blackford Middleton, MD, MPH, MSc Corporate Director, Clinical Informatics R&D Chairman, Center for IT Leadership Partners Healthcare System Harvard Medical School Harvard School of Public Health
Overview: CDS Dimensions Provider workflow Provider workflow – Lookup – Alert – Interrupt – Actionable – Documentation- centric – Population (Cohort) Patient Relevance Patient Relevance – Non-specific – Specific/tailored Consumer Consumer – Lookup – Alert – Population (Cohort) Methods Methods – Inference methods (rules, etc.) – Temporal reasoning (protocols/pathways) – Values/Utilities (preferences: pt/provider) 5*2*3*3 = a minimum of 90 different approaches to CDS!
Partners CDS CPOE CPOE Alerts & Reminders Alerts & Reminders Actionable CDS Actionable CDS Documentation-centric CDS Documentation-centric CDS Population/cohort Population/cohort Patient-directed CDS Patient-directed CDS
Medication ordering -- main screen
KnowledgeLink in the Workflow
Secure Messaging Task Management Population Management Clinical Alerts Schedule Patient Lists Knowledge Links
CAD/DM Smart Form Smart View: Data Display Smart Assessment, Orders, and Plan Assessment and recommendations generated from rules engine Smart Documentation Lipids Anti-platelet therapy Blood pressure Glucose control Microalbuminuria Immunizations Smoking Weight Eye and foot examinations Lipids Anti-platelet therapy Blood pressure Glucose control Microalbuminuria Immunizations Smoking Weight Eye and foot examinations
CAD/DM Smart Form Medication Orders Lab Orders Referrals Handouts/Education
CAD Quality Dashboard Targets are 90 th percentile for HEDIS or for Partners providers Zero defect care: Aspirin Beta-blockers Blood pressure Lipids Zero defect care: Aspirin Beta-blockers Blood pressure Lipids Red, yellow, and green indicators show adherence with targets
Discrepancy Details
Serious Medication Error Rates Before and After CPOE Bates et. al. JAMA 1998.
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Patient Journal Causes Provider Activation Grant RW et al. Practice-linked Online Personal Health Records for Type 2 Diabetes: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Arch Intern Med Sep 8;168(16): Arch Intern Med. More medication changes in visits after diabetes journal submission:
An external repository of clinical content with web-based viewer Search Criteria Content Type… Specialty
Community (”Crowd”)Medical Professional Personal Health Information Network Science Rule builder Knowledge respository Rule engine Clin. Inf. System Petter K. Risøe HSPH HPM ’Crowdsourcing’ Knowledge Engineering Patient
“I conclude that though the individual physician is not perfectible, the system of care is, and that the computer will play a major part in the perfection of future care systems.” Clem McDonald, MD NEJM 1976 Thank you! Blackford Middleton, MD Where are we?