2006 Healthcare Information Technology Conference - Session 1 Description
"Evidence-based Medicine: From Research to Practice"
Friday, February 3, 2006 - 8:00am-4:00pm
Marriott
Hotel, Rt 128 & 3A (One Mall Road), Burlington, MA |
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Session 1 Description:
"Current Programs in Clinical Decision Support"
Clinical Decision Support Goals: Improve Care & Efficiency |
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Clinical decision support initiatives are most successful if they
easily integrate into established work patterns, and it is essential
that they also improve quality of care, according to panelists
who will discuss "Current Programs in Clinical Decision Support" at
the Consortium’s Feb. 3 Healthcare Information Technology conference
on "Evidence-based Medicine: From Research to Practice."
Linda Hyde, RHIA, Director of Research Operations & Epidemiology
at Cardinal Health, will moderate the panel. Her interest lies
in database design, bringing disparate systems together so people
can use evidence to support clinical decisions.
Joining her in the discussion will be Ramin Khorasani, MD,
Director of Medical Imaging Information Technology at Brigham & Women's
Hospital; and Eric Poon, MD, Physician Scientist for Clinical
Informatics Research & Development at Partners Healthcare System,
Inc.
“Information technology cannot just improve efficiency and work
flow; it must improve care,” said Dr. Khorasani, whose efforts
in clinical decision support are focused on how to use information
technology to reduce medical errors in medical imaging.
“There is a large variation in how imaging is used, and we work
to help physicians determine what is the correct test for each
patient,” he said. “We want to close the knowledge gap and provide
electronic solutions to test-ordering decision support.”
Dr. Poon’s presentation will highlight clinical decision support
in the areas of:
- e-Prescribing decision support
- Reminders and alerts
- Intelligent documentation templates
- Management of abnormal test results
He said that it is essential to establish a process for approving
and maintaining the knowledge base to sustain decision support.
“Decision support must fit into clinicians’ workflow,” said Dr.
Poon. “If in doubt, keep it simple. Pick the low-hanging fruit
first; there are plenty.”
Hyde concurred on the importance of clinical decision support
being readily integrated into daily work habits. “You can’t dictate
to the clinicians,” she said.
The practical use of clinical decision support and how it fits
into the practicing clinician’s provision of care will be discussed
in Session 1 of the Consortium’s Feb. 3 conference at the Marriott
Hotel in Burlington.
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