A National Web Conference on Findings from the Evidence-Based Practice Centers for Health IT
Event Date:
July 20, 2011 | 2:00pm – 3:30pm ET
Overall Purpose:
Dr. Lobach will present findings from the Duke EPCs systematic examination of the literature pertaining to clinical decision support systems (CDSS) and knowledge management systems (KMS). As a form of health IT, CDSS/KMS can serve as information tools to augment clinician decisionmaking with best practice guidelines and evidence directly at the point of care. Dr. Lobach will present the literature showing that there is now strong evidence demonstrating that CDSSs/KMSs are effective in improving health care process measures across diverse settings using both commercially and locally developed systems.
He will be followed by Dr. McKibbon who will present the effects of health IT on the five-phase medication management process of prescribing: order transmission, dispensing, administration, and monitoring. Focusing on existing systems, Dr. McKibbon will provide evidence regarding the effect of health IT on medication management; user groups and locations; system characteristics associated with purchase, implementation, and use; and areas of research strengths and gaps in evidence. This project is unique in that it aimed to unify the evidence about all aspects of health IT on medication management in one place.
Lastly, Dr. Gibbons will review the evidence on the impact of consumer health informatics (CHI) applications on health outcomes. Dr. Gibbons will outline the results from his EPC, which found preliminary evidence that certain CHI tools may have a positive effect on select clinical outcomes. In addition, Dr. Gibbons will discuss research gaps and potential opportunities for CHI tools and applications to effectively engage consumers, enhance clinical interventions, and improve patient-centeredness, patient satisfaction, and clinical health outcomes.
Learning Objectives:
- Learn how the use of health IT can help optimize each phase of the medication management process and what the barriers to using them are.
- Understand what is known regarding the clinical effectiveness of CDSS and KMS across various outcome measures and venues.
- Identify the nine features of CDSS that are associated with successful clinical implementations.
- Understand the association between the use of CHI applications and specific clinical outcomes.
- Physicians will be able to describe how health information technology can be used to improve health care quality.
- Physicians will be able to identify health information technology strategies to implement in their practice to improve health care decision making, support patient-centered care, and improve the quality and safety of medication management.
Event Materials:
- Presentation Slides (PDF, 2.10 MB)
- Recording of the Audio and Presentation
- Event Transcript (PDF, 106 KB)
- Question and Answer (PDF, 43 KB)
The Wisconsin Medical Society is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The Wisconsin Medical Society designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.