Transcript Slide 1

From Thoughtless Alerts
to
Effective Decision-Support
Using the EHR
in a
Learning Health System
Agenda
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Current Challenges to Outpatient
Medicine
What is the Evidence for CDS
Threats and Challenges to CDS
One system’s experience with CDS
– Governance
– Tools
– Reporting
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The way forward
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Aging of the Population
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Diabetes Prevalence
Among U.S. Adults
Less than 4%
4% to 6%
Above 6%
No Data
NOTE: Data are age-adjusted to the 2000 standard population. SOURCE: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), CDC.
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Burden of Chronic
Disease -- 2008
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6.5% -- Coronary Heart Disease
25.5% -- HTN
2.7% -- Stroke
8.0% -- Asthma
6.6% -- COPD
8.5% -- Cancer
9.2% -- Diabetes
Source: National Health
Interview Survey 2008
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Burden of Quality Measures
PQRS
Breast Ca
Screening
Lipids in CAD
HEDIS
Rheumatoid Colon Ca
Screening
Arthritis
Management
ACE/ARB in Diabetes
Osteoporosis
Management
Value
Kidney
Hi Risk
Based
Checks in
Medications in
Meaningful
Diabetes
Purchasing
the Elderly
Cervical Ca
Eye
Screening
Use
Exams
in DM
Chlamydia
Screening
Immunizations
Lipids in
Diabetes
COPD:
Spirometry
Controller
Meds in
Asthma
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“To fully satisfy the USPSTF
recommendations, … 7.4 hours per
working day, is needed for the provision
of preventive services.”
Am J Public Health. 2003 April; 93(4):
635–641.
• Identify that someone is potentially eligible
for a service
• Determine whether or not that service has
already been provided
• Counsel the patient
• Order the service
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Quality of Health Care
Delivered in USA
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Random sample of adults living in 12
metropolitan areas
Evaluated performance on 439
indicators – 30 conditions and
prevention
44.7% - at least one chronic condition
NEJM 348;26: 2635-2645.
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Percentage of
Recommended Care
Type of Care
Preventative
% of
Recommended Care
Received
54.9
Acute
53.5
Chronic
56.1
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“The lag between the discovery of more
efficacious forms of treatment and their
incorporation into routine patient care is
unnecessarily long, in the range of about
15 to 20 years.”
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Effects of Computerized Clinical Decision
Support Systems on Practitioner Performance
and Patient Outcomes: A Systematic Review
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JAMA. 2005;293(10):1223-1238.
doi:10.1001/jama.293.10.1223
Characteristics of
Successful CDS
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JAMA. 2005;293(10):1223-1238.
doi:10.1001/jama.293.10.1223
Challenges to CDS
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Divergent priorities
– Primary care vs Specialist
– Clinical Care vs “Business Needs”
– Unclear or contradictory standards
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Disparate Workflows
Alert Fatigue
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Types of Decision Support
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Intrusive Reminders (“Pop-Ups”)
“Passive” Reminders
Order Sets
Information Displays
Links to Relevant Guidelines
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Dealing with Divergent
Priorities
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Find a cartoon
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Who’s In Charge?
President, Physician Services Division
President, Community Medicine, Inc
Chief Medical Information Officer
Decision-Support
Working Group
(approx 10
physicians)
• Meets monthly
• Decides on
clinical content
and standards
• Validates build
Physician
IT
Leadership
Technical Team
• Meets technical
team weekly
• Sets DSWG agenda
• Suggests new rules
• Designs tools (with
technical team)
• Executes build
• Tests build
• Advises
leadership and
DSWG
• Educates on 16
new features
Governing Principles
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Widely accepted guidelines
– USPSTF, ACIP/CDC
– Support HEDIS and other quality
measures
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Do not interrupt workflow
– (may interrupt work that should be
interrupted)
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Provide method to override
alerts/customize
Leadership of receiving specialty must
consent
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Technical Principles
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More important services have more
intrusive alerts
Use workflow tools for interventions
that need to be done on every visit
Alerts for periodic services are tied to
Health Maintenance
Color code and prioritize
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Scenarios for CDS
Safety Alerts
Prevention
Clinical
Pathways
Medications
Chronic Disease
Management
Meaningful
Use/Billing
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Best Practice Advisories Primer
Results
Orders
FlowSheet Values
Problem
List
HM Modifiers and
Topics
Med List
PMH,PSH
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Best Practice Alert
Where to BPAs Fit In?
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Strengths
– Powerful logic
– Can evaluate in ‘real time’
– Department and role specific
– Fit into workflow (Visit Navigator) OR
PopUp when needed
– Facilitate Action
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Weaknesses
– Hard to customize
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BPA Strategy
Color Coded by Type
 Safety
 Meaningful Use
 Disease management
 Prevention
 Research
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Pop-Ups --- Patient
Safety
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Order contrast for allergic patient
Order MRI when pacer is present
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Health Maintenance
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Health Maintenance
is Epic's preventive
health reminder tool.
Patients and
providers can be
reminded about
mammograms, flu
shots, immunizations
and any other
preventive diagnostic
and/or therapeutic
procedures.
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How does Health
Maintenance work?
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Health Maintenance works in two ways:
o Automatic reminders
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Gender, age
Problems
Medications
o Manual reminders
o Modifier is added
o BPA may suggest this
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Health Maintenance 101 -- Topics
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Topics are the Building Blocks
– Service on a schedule
– Satisfied by completed procedures
– Can be manually satisfied
Mammogram
A1c
Pap
Every 3 yrs
every 6 months
every year
LDL
yearly
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Health Maintenance Plans
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Plans correspond to diseases or
conditions
Apply these plans by ‘modifiers’
Plans can:
– Add topics to HM
– Delete topics to HM
– Change time intervals on existing
– topics
Urine Albumin
Diabetes
Plan
Creatinine
yearly
A1c
yearly
every 6 months
Eye Exam
LDL
yearly
yearly
yearly
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Diabetes HM Topics
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Yearly
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LDL
Eye exam
Foot exam
Urine microalbumin
Serum creatinine
Flu shot
Every 6 months
– A1c
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Pneumovax
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Other HM Plans
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CAD
– LDL yearly
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Lipid-Lowering Drugs
– LDL and ALT yearly
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Diuretics
– K and creatinine yearly
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Thyroid
– TSH yearly
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Shared Topics
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Yearly LDL
– DM
– CAD
– Lipid-lowering drugs
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Serum creatinine
– DM
– Diuretics
– ACE/ARB
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Customization with HM
Overrides
 “Approved”
– Done
– Not Applicable
Modifiers
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Exclusion Modifiers
Modifiers to Change
Interval
Postpone Topics
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HM is Engine Driving Alerts
HM Topics
LDL
Urine albumin
Creatinine
Potassium
TSH
Eye Exam
Best Practice Alert
Order
Sets
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Combined Chronic Dz BPA
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Combined Smart Set
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Prevention Topics
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Pap
Mammogram
Colon Cancer Screening
DEXA Scan
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Combined Prevention Alert
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BPA Smart Set
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Finessing Controversy
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Age 40-50 – Mammogram Discussion
Age 50-75 – Annual Mammogram
– Every other year modifier available
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Age 75 – Mammogram Discussion
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Medication BPA
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Medication Smart Set
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CKD – A Cautionary Tale
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CKD is underrecognized
Progression to ESRD
Poor ‘fistula first’ rate
Comorbid events (CAD)
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Hoped-For Outcomes
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Recognize CKD
– Put on Problem List
– Drive decision-support
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Early referral to nephrologist
– How early?
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Screen for and treat cardiac risk
factors
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Recognize CKD
• Too big
• Too complex
• Suggestion
often wrong
• Does not
reflect
clinician’s
views
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CKD-IV HM Topics
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CDS to Increase Nephrology Referral
Abdel-Kader, Fischer, et al.
American Journal of Kidney
Diseases. 58(6):894-902,
2011 Dec
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Smart Sets –
Osteoporosis Pathway
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COPD Medications
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How Many Alerts?
Type of Alert
Number (Total 317)
Chronic Disease
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Billing
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Meaningful Use
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Order Suggestions
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Prevention
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Patient Safety
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Quality Reporting
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Research
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Miscl
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Quality Reports
•Diabetes
•CAD
•CHF
•Afib
•Hypertension
•Prevention
“Facts are stubborn, but
statistics are more pliable.”
--Mark Twain
Diabetes Patient Detail (PDF)
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Diabetes Report Card
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Clinic Summary by Provider
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Clinical Decision Support to Promote
Safe Prescribing to Women of
Reproductive Age: A ClusterRandomized Trial
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Randomized MDs to receive “simple” (n=17) vs
“complex” alert (n=24)
No difference in ordering teratogenic meds or
counselling after 6 months
For last 6 months, “complex” alert turned off
No difference in ordering teratogenic meds with or
without alert
Schwarz EB; Parisi SM; Handler SM; Koren G; Shevchik
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G; Fischer GS. Journal of Women's Health. 22(10):81724, 2013 Oct.
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Chronic Disease Process
Measures
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Prevention Measures
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Critical Success Factors
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Governance and Leadership
Focus on Well-Established Guidelines
and Evidence
Collaboration with Intended Users
Understanding of workflows
Customizability
Processes to improve efficiency
Using tools appropriate to the problem
Reporting and Feedback
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Make it easy for clinicians to do
what they know they should do
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