PhD Student Douthit's Paper Accepted to AMIA 2018 Informatics Summit

PhD Student Douthit's Paper Accepted to AMIA 2018 Informatics Summit

PhD student Brian Douthit recently had a paper entitled "Emergency Department Clinician Perspectives on the Data Availability to Implement Clinical Decision Support Tools for Five Clinical Practice Guidelines" accepted to the AMIA 2018 Informatics Summit in San Francisco. He was one of five finalists selected for the CRI student paper competition and will present his paper at the summit on March 14. Rachel Richesson is co-author of the paper.

Abstract: Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) often serve as the knowledge base for clinical decision support (CDS). While CPGs are rigorously created by medical professional societies, the concepts in each guideline may not be sufficient for translation into CDS applications. In addition, clinicians’ perceptions of these concepts may differ greatly, affecting the implementation and impact of CDS within an organization. Five guidelines developed by the American College of Emergency Physicians were systematically explored, generating fifty-one unique clinical concepts. These concepts were presented to two nurses and two physicians, whom were asked to assess and comment on the capture of each clinical concept in the electronic health record (EHR) and the subsequent availability of the data for CDS. Nurses and physicians showed differing perceptions of data availability. These differing perceptions may influence an organizational approach to developing and implementing CDS, potentially informing our understanding of why CDS may not achieve the intended impact.

Learning Objective 1: Learners should understand the implications of clinician data availability perception on the implementation of clinical decision support.

The AMIA 2018 Informatics Summit: Translational, Clinical Research, Implementation, and Data Science is a dynamic activity continuously reflecting the changing nature of informatics. Attendees will experience content dedicated to Translational Bioinformatics, Clinical Research Informatics, Informatics Implementation, and Data Science in one integrated conference experience.

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